Wagner: The Flying Dutchman – Robert Hayward as The Dutchman and Edgaras Montvidas as Erik/ Steersman – Opera North (Photo: James Glossop) As Opera North’s new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman opened at the […]
The international Mirjam Helin singing competition in Helsinki has been won by the Chinese mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu. She takes home 50,000 Euros. The jury consisted of Soile Isokoski, Dawn Upshaw, Bo Skovhus, Randi Stene, Luca […]
Our chief critic has spent his week profitably: by Alastair Macaulay Among London’s several high-prestige concert halls, none matches the Wigmore Hall for its particle gift of wrapping its audience up into its performers’ music-making. […]