Besame mucho – the historically informed performance

The orchestra is bidding farewell to Alessandro Cappone, who is retiring from the first violin section after 44 years. His father, Giusto Cappone, was principal viola under Herbert von Karajan from 1958 to 1984. Alessandro […]

A critic at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro informs us that an enormous Palestine flag was unfurled across the entire stage on the closing night of  Cambiale de Matrimonio. Our observer says: ‘After the enthusiastic […]

The pianist has told a Chinese interview that he is big on Weibo, state-monitored social social media. He has to feed the beast: ‘I’m also creating my own vlogs now. I document every place I […]