The death has belatedly been brought to our attention of Jeannette Sinclair, principal soprano at the Royal Opera House from 1956 to 1966. She died on April 11, her 96th birthday. Jeannette sang Sister Constance […]
The orchestra’s main suppporter, the Zell family, put in an extra fifty mill yesterday to ‘to secure long-term financial stability.’ They must be feeling pretty secure this morning around Symphony Center. Here’s the official announcement: […]
Hey-ho, what else is new? The premiere of the ballet Paquita was cancelled on December 5 , half an hour after it should have started. Further performances on December 6 and 8 were also blacked […]
The Welsh-Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw, currently singing Tosca at Covent Garden, let it be known this morning that she is leaving Intermusica for more personal management. She will be represented for general management by Kristin […]
Women of the World have commissioned Master of the King’s Musick Errollyn Wallen to write a choral piece for International Women’s Day at the Royal Albert Hall. So far so nice. Now read this: WOW […]
Read here. It’s just too depressing for us to describe a school in the US capital in which the only composers the students ever heard of are LvB and the Venetian monk. The story was […]
Jón Nordal, principal of the Reykjavík School of Music for 43 years, died on December 5 at the age of 99. He leaves behind large orchestral works and concertos, along with much chamber music, organ […]
The University of St Andrews, in Fife, has let it be known that the distinguished violist Alan George ‘has very recently stepped aside from an extraordinary 56-year association with the Fitzwilliam Quartet.’ There has been […]
Message from Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall today announced that violinist Janine Jansen must regrettably cancel her recital with pianist Denis Kozhukhin in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage scheduled for this Tuesday, December 10 due to […]
The Israeli prime minister is using all manner of excuses to avoid appearing in court tomorrow to face questioning in his long-running corruption trial. Among his excuses are the situation in Syria, accelerated negotiations with […]
