From the Hollywood Reporter: According to a memo to culture desk staff Tuesday from Times culture editor Sia Michel, which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the four critics: TV critic Margaret Lyons, pop music critic […]
James Inverne’s new play, That Bastard Puccini, opened last night at the Park Theatre, in north London. It relates the rivalry between Giacomo Puccini and Ruggero Leoncavallo as they raced to be first to complete […]
Two Florida orchestras have now ceased operations. The Punta Gorda Symphony, which shuttered last year, has been joined by the Southwest Florida Symphony, based in Fort Myers. Both orchestras suffered setbacks during Covid but the […]
The Universal Music Group labels have achieved a clean sweep of the top ten in Germany this week. Top of the pile is a vinyl reissue of Claudio Abbado’s Mahler 2. Also doing well is […]
A man aged 43 has been arrested in London in connection with the theft of a 1740 violin from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street, Islington. The violin belongs to David Lopez Ibañez, a member […]
Four Russian contestants form the largest national group, with South Korea, in October’s Operalia contest in Bulgaria. The UK is represented by the bass singer, William Thomas, who famously clashed with Sir John Eliot Gardiner. […]
The influential New York violist Karen Ritscher has died after a series of illnesses at the age of 73. Starting out as principal viola at Dallas Opera and Houston Grand Opera, Karen went on to […]
The Italian minikstry of culture, which originally gave its blessing to a concert by the banned Russian conductor, has now changed its tune after protests from the EU and elsewhere. The ministry today says: ‘The […]
The Brandenburg Staatsorchester in Frankfurt an der Oder has a new chief conductor, starting next year. He is Felix Mildenberger, 35, principal guest conductor of the Filarmonica Teatro Regio di Torino and a former Simon […]
The Philadelphia-based US pianist Jonathan Biss has joined the faculty of Toronto’s Glenn Gould School. Biss, 44, is presently with Mitsuko Uchida of the Marlboro Music Festival. He has also taught at Curtis and NEC. […]
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