Besame mucho – the historically informed performance

The veteran music critic of the Yediot Acharonot newspaper, Dr Hanoch Ron, died last week. He was 88. Hanich was feared early on for his fierce personal prejudices. But he mellowed with age, like so […]

press release: CHICAGO – Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on a six-city, eight-concert U.S. tour (January 14–24, 2025) that marks their first domestic tour together since January 2023. Muti, the Orchestra’s distinguished 10th […]

The family of Kammersänger Professor Siegfried Lorenz have communicated sad news of his death, six days before his 79th birthday. Berlin born, Lorenz was permanent lyric baritone at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in East Berlin […]