A tenor who was audibly below par, an extra who fell into an archaeological dig and a production that failed to justify its investment…. all went wrong at the New Year’s opening of Verdi’s Aida. […]
The Prague composer Viktor Ullmann was incarcerated by the Nazis in the Theresiendstadt concentration camp before being sent to be killed in Auschwitz in October 1944. Ullmann is mostly remembered for his concentration camp opera, […]
The Athens Symphony Orchestra has called off a November concert with Denis Matsuev, an occasional adviser to Vladimir Putin. It said: ‘Throughout its many years of activity, the Orchestra has served artistic excellence as well […]