The tenor Nicky Spence, subject of the second Lebrecht Interview at 2145 tomorrow night on BBC Radio, had a turbulent childhood which stabilised only when his mother moved with him to Scotland. He started singing, […]
From our critic in residence, Alastair Macaulay: One of the most fascinating revelations of the National Ballet of Japan’s debut season at the Covent Garden opera house (July 24-27) was that the Japanese – […]
Contracts between the Metropolitan Opera, its orchestra (AFM Local 802) and stagehands (IATSE Local 1) expire at midnight tonight. Insiders tells us talks have been bogged down on general manager Peter Gelb’s insistence that there’s […]
The Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has been confirmed as Artistic Director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival until 2031. Bartoli, 59, has been in the job since 2012. ‘Cecilia Bartoli and her conceptual farsightedness are a […]
The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts has extended the contract with General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski until the end of the 2028-29 season. The renewal had been left in abeyance for several […]
The renowned American artist and stage director died today in Water Mill, New York, at the age of 83. Although enduring acute illness, associates say he kept working to the last. He broke through intoopera […]
The Austrian-Hungarian conductor Christoph Koncz has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz from 2027. Koncz, 37, is Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse and Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie […]
Proper Distribution, which represents a medley of interesting labels, shut down its classical department today, maing Ginny Cooper and her two sidekicks redundant. Among the labels left high and dry are Carus, Prospero, Aurora, Eloquence, […]
Martha Argerich, who appeared this week at the Verbier Festival, has cancelled the Engadin Festival this weekend ‘for health reasons’. Her trio partners Mischa Maisky and Iddo Bar-Shai have also withdrawn. They are replaced by […]
The first Asian woman to play in the Chicago Symphony, Joyce Noh retired this week after 46 seasons. Born in South Korea, Noh started her orchestral career in the Seoul Philharmonic, moving onto the Baltimore […]
