Slipped Disc

There has been a rush to repair the shocking open ing night. Piotr Beczala is out as Radames, subbed by the hastily flown-in Korean Seok Jong Baek (pic). Dmitry Belosselskiy as Ramfis is replaced by […]

The Muchness of André Leon Talley Join designer Todd Oldham behind the scenes at The Met’s Costume Institute. The designer uncovers memories of a cherished friendship and shares the many inspirations that found their way […]

Go for it, Philippe Jarousky. The post Besame mucho – the historically informed performance appeared first on Slippedisc.

The venerable  Wilhelm Brückner, who built some 350 violins, violas and  cellos over seven decades, has died in Erfurt,  Thuringia, aged 92. He made his first instrument at 15. The family tradition continues through his […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The death of composer Alexander Goehr last August reminded obituarists of the vital contributions his refugee father Walter Goehr had made to insular British culture. Walter worked as […]

The Raiders of the Lost Tomb version. It’s here.   The post Want to hear the Met’s deadly Aida? appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message from a frustrated reader: Dear Mr Lebrecht, I recently created a small concert series with my sister, Harriet Mackenzie (https://harrietmackenzie.com/) presenting some legendary pieces of classical repertoire. In order to promote our series we […]

The billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne has promised to give 300 million euros to build a new opera house. The city has allocated a site. But the bureaucrats are dithering over small print and the donor, 87, […]

The New Zealand composer and musicologist Martin Lodge has died, aged 70, of a brain tumour. He advanced the study of Maori music at the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Waikato.     […]

Schubert at the Wigmore Hall One of my best Christmas presents this year came from Wigmore Hall which made this beautiful selection of sublime songs available to us, the audience, free, this week. The live […]