BBC diversity hiring now includes the dead

The legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz, who is 90, is the mourning of her son, the composer Ziad Rahbani. Ziad, who was 69, composed his first song for his mother when he was 17.  His best-known […]

We have been notified of the death, on April 29 in Jerusalem, of the composer Paul Schoenefeld, who melded traditional Ashkenazi-Jewish music with western orchestral settings. Paul was 77. Before migrating to Israel, he was […]

In collaboration with Camerata Nuova, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and a jury of esteemed opera professionals, Opera Europa and Slippedisc are delighted to announce the fourteenth edition of the European Opera-directing Prize (EOP). The EOP is […]