First performed on January 20, 1699, André Campra’s comic opera/ballet Le Carnaval de Venise to a libretto by Jean-François Regnard finally arrives at its UK premiere in late Summer 2025 at the Vache Baroque Summer Festival. It is sung in French, Italian and English, a heady mix and a real test (successfully passed) for the singers. All this happened against […]
Message from Grafenegg: Daniel Barenboim has sadly had to cancel his performance in Grafenegg on Sunday, September 7. He injured his shoulder, among other things, in a serious fall during Wednesday night and is currently […]
The St Louis Symphony Orchestra has just inked a four-year contract with its musicians. It involves an immediate $10,000 increase to salaries, followed by raises of 3%, 3.25%, and 3.5% in subsequent years. By 2030 […]
The London Symphony Orchestra has named Simon Johnson as its principal trombone. He has been co-principal with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orechestra and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Q: Does your instrument have […]
The Curtis Institute of Music has added Noël Wan to its harp faculty, starting this month. Wan, who is presently assistant professor of harp and entrepreneurship at Florida State University, says: ‘It is an honor […]
There is not one opera house in the world that would walk away from a $100 million gift, least of all the Metropolitan Opera of New York which has just drawn down more than that […]
Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 (1742 version) Librettist: John Dryden Performers: Hilary Cronin (soprano) – Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor) – Stuart Jackson (tenor) Conductor – Peter Whelan; Irish Baroque Chorus & Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 […]
RNS Moves RNS Moves, the ensemble made up of professional disabled musicians and non-disabled members of Royal Northern Sinfonia, will make its London debut on 21 September at Kings Place, performing a programme that brings […]
From the NY Post: A Georgia dentist — whose “primary goal” was to make patients smile — murdered his wife and teenage daughter before killing himself inside their $1.7 million home in a suspected murder-suicide. […]
The Metropolitan Opera has agreed to play three weeks each winter in Saudi Arabia in a deal said to be worth $100 million a year. Without it, the company was going to the wall, drawing […]
