Besame mucho – the historically informed performance

Wole Soyinka Click here to subscribe ​ The greater the honour, the deeper the shame. In British-occupied Nigeria, the king is dead, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin, to accompany him into […]

The Norwegian string player Eivind Ringstad joined the London Symphony Orchestra earlier this year as principal viola. As of this week, he is also professor of viola at the Royal College of Music. The RCM’s […]

We hear that chorus rehearsals at the Metropolitan Opera were stopped yesterday after singers came to work and found asbestos crews ripping out suspected asbestos. Rigoletto went ahead as planned last night but chaos and […]