Two members of the audience collapsed in the first half of last night’s BBC Prom concert. The air-conditioning at the Royal Albert Hall was on full-blast but the atmosphere in the pit was choking. And […]
The Russian state agency Tass reports that Anna Netrebko will star in a new Tosca production in Rome on January 14. The date and place are freighted with significance. Tosca received its premiere on January […]
Roving critic Susan Hall has been to see Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète at Bard College, its first US staging in almost half a century. Worth the wait? by Susan Hall Leon Botstein regularly produces musical works […]
A letter from the international pianist Gabriela Montero: Today, the Maduro criminal regime tries to claim yet another stolen election in my homeland of Venezuela, despite overwhelming evidence that they lost by large margins. They […]
We have received a statement claiming to represent 123 musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras. It reads: We, musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (MCO) are deeply saddened to learn that our founder […]
After a nine-year hiatus, I am returning to Radio 3 this Saturday to present the first of a new series of Lebrecht Interviews with leading figures in the music world. My first subject is Michael […]
I find it rather uplifting that, in a global market, a great composer can be revered in one section of the world and totally ignored in the rest. It is entirely to the credit of […]
An epoch has ended. Alastair Macaulay reports from Glyndebourne: Tonight, the British baritone Thomas Allen, aged seventy-nine, announced from the Glyndebourne stage that this had been his final performance; I wish I had been there. […]
The US soprano Alessandra Marc is getting a little overheated about the upcoming election. Her latest social media spouts include: IF YOU’RE STUPID AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR KAMALA , YOU AND ALL YOUR […]
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra was dissolved just over two years ago after the board failed to reach agreement with the musicians. The players promptly regrouped into the San Antonio Philharmonic, excluding all former staff […]
