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From my latest monthly essay in The Critic magazine. a survey of the many sons of conductors who dream of inheriting the berth: … There is half a football team of son-ofs who are presently […]

Henri Matisse in 60 seconds This Sunday will mark 70 years since the death of the French Modernist artist, Henri Matisse.    His work spanned over half a century and developed from Impressionism to Fauvism and further through Modernism. Matisse […]

‘He came to our concert!’ she exclaims on social media. David Hockney attended the four-hand Yuja Wang and Vikingur Olafsson concert at the Royal Festival Hall. The post Check out Yuja Wang’s biggest fan appeared […]

The Vienna State Opera has confirmed that Anna Netrebko will sing in German for the first time on its stage in January. She is cast as Prima Donna in Richard Strauss’s opera, Ariadne auf Naxos. […]

A mass performance by 2,500 singers in Montreal. Somewhat imperfect but strangely moving.   The post Hallelujah as never before appeared first on Slippedisc.

A member of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, Sarah Vonsattel believes in the unifying power of music on the most divisive day in recent American history. She’s hoping to soften the hearts of voting citizens. The […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Fauré is the French composer the world finds hardest to dislike. While Debussy means custard to some tastes and Ravel an acute form of mustard, their senior colleague […]

 The Forsyte Saga at the Park Having said that, the stripped-down production of The Forsyte Saga at the Park works very well. The actors perform on an empty stage, only their costumes and dialogue indicating the passage of […]

  The Cabinet Minister at the Menier If you’re looking for a really good evening in the theatre, I can do you no greater favour than to point you towards Southwark where Arthur Wing Pinero’s […]

Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) is a two-act opera that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process, showing what can go […]