Following two excoriating articles in the UK press ahead of two concerts with the Venezuela regime’s propaganda orchestra, the conductor has been advised to respond on social media. Here’s what he says: Todo lo que […]
The former London Symphony Orchestra chorus chap who rose to fame on the BBC teaching army wives to sing has inked a Friday-night deal with Classic FM: Gareth says: ‘I’m delighted to be joining Classic […]
First, Opera North pulled back before Christmas from a proposed merger with struggling Northern Ballet which could have pulled both companies down. Now, Northern Ballet has made an offer to its musicians that they say […]
The cutting-edge Birmingham Conntemporary Music Group is giving a concert in Birmingham Town Hall with vocalist Basil Gabbidon, marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of reggae legend Bob Marley. The artistic justification? BCMG director […]
In 2017 https://slippedisc.com/2017/06/exclusive-opera-critic-is-hit-with10000-euro-libel-fine/ that the Romanian critic Alexandru Patrascu, a contributor to the London-based Opera magazine, lost a libel case brought against him by the conductor Tiberiu-Ionuț Soare, ex-head of Bucharest National Opera, and the […]
The autograph manuscript of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s string quartet in B flat major, Opus 130, has been acquired by the Beethovenhaus in Bonn. It has been rpivately owned and inaccessible for decades. The […]
Franz Welser-Möst has pulled out of the opening of the new Magic Flute, directed by Barbora Horakova, at the end of this month. A statement from Staatsoper director Bogdan Roscic reads: ‘After successful immunotherapy, unexpected […]
Message from the Czech Philharmonic: Our chief conductor Semjon Byčkov underwent a planned hip surgery shortly after a successful American tour and is now recovering. Herbert Blomstedt and Nicolas Kraemer will take over January concerts. […]
We have been notified of the passing of Perry Montague-Mason, popular leader of several British orchestras. After an early spell in the BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry led Mantovani Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra for […]
Elvis If he had lived, Elvis would have turned 90 today. Hard to imagine, isn’t it, Elvis Presley as an old man? He was so intrinsically part of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll and […]
