The Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, a vocal supporter of his president’s wars, has issued a statement on social media following his latest disappearance from a foreign stage: Cancellation of Don Carlo and Attila in Napoli […]
From the Daily Telegraph: Ryanair and easyJet have been fined €179m (£149m) for “abusive practices” such as charging passengers for hand luggage. Spain fined the two carriers, along with Vueling, Norwegian Air and Volotea, and […]
Memo to Peter Gelb: Don’t read the Opera America survey of 11,000 new operagoers over four seasons and 36 US opera companies. It will only prove you wrong and we know you hate to be […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am a student at a reputable music school pursuing an advanced degree. I am happy with the program and am learning a lot, but the one area in […]
Then enterprising siooloist Charles Castleman has entrusted his 1707 ‘Marquis de Champeaux’ Stradivarius violin to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels. Castleman came fifth in the Queen Elisabeth competition in 1963 and maintained a […]
The gifted Adam Hickox has been named chief coinductor of the Trindheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway from next year. He made his debut with them two months ago in Verdi’s Requiem. Adam is 28. In […]
The conductor has posted a memorial notice for the Slovak violinist and violist Peter Zelienka, a key player in Frankfurt’s HR symphony orchestra since 1993. Zelienka was also founder-violist of the Haba Quartet and, lately, […]
Judith Jamison One of the greatest dancers I ever saw, Judith Jamison, died this week and I would be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to this beautiful woman who changed the world of contemporary […]
Leo Geyer, a doctoral student at Oxford University has unearthed a manuscript of Kołysanka (Lullaby), composed in Auschwitz in 1941 by a Polish political prisoner, Adam Kopyciński. The composer survived the camp and lived on […]
France Musique have uploaded a thoughtful reading of the first cello concerto a couple of weeks ago by rising contender Edgar Moreau. Well worth half an hour of your viewing life. The post […]
