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A  tenor who was audibly below par, an extra who fell into an archaeological dig and a production that failed to justify its investment…. all went wrong at the New Year’s opening of Verdi’s Aida. […]

The French mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux has gone on social media with a remarkably candid assessement of the perils of facing a fickle Vienna audience. There is good advice here for anyone having to appear before […]

Any guesses? He came into the world in West Hartlepool, the child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, and entered the Royal Academy of Music as a violinist. He came out a violist, the first to make a […]

The numeral 2025 is 45 x 45, a rare, square event in the calendar. The last such year was 1936, which was 44 x 44. Before that, 1849 Then 1764. The post It’s a square […]

The mezzo-soprano Regina Sarfaty, who has died at 90, never got picked to sing at the Met. She was picked by Santa Fe in 1957 while still a student at Juilliard and she went on […]

From Vienna to the world: We are delighted to announce that the 2026 New Year’s Concert will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin — marking his first time leading this world-renowned event. The artistic collaboration between […]

A high-class introspective reading of opus 9/3 from Isabelle Faust (Violin), Raphael Sachs (Viola) und Frank-Michael Guthmann (Cello). Doesn’t get much better. The post A Beethoven trio to close the year appeared first on Slippedisc.

Wonderfully unexpected 1988 interview with John Williams by his old Hollywood pal, Andre Previn. Williams takes over, leaving Andre struggling to control the conversation…   The post So, John Williams, what made you interested in […]

Friends have reported that the quietly influential minimalist composer Tom Johnson died this morning at the age of 85. As critic for the Village Voice in the 1970s, he tracked the rise of Glass-Reich type […]

Message from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, posted on Youtube: Thank you to everyone who’s supported the CBSO this past year. We can’t wait to bring you even more joy in 2025! Before the […]