Our resident critic has spent his week at Handel and Mozart operas: by Alastair Macaulay In 1930, William Empson wrote a classic of literary criticism in “Seven Kinds of Ambiguity”. In subsequent decades, the title […]
Yale School of Music has a new assistant dean. That ought to be good for academic and playing standards, right? No, says, Yale, she here for feelgood purposes. We’re excited to announce the appointment of […]
Message received: Opera Australia pays tribute to the extraordinary Aubrey Murphy, Concertmaster of the Opera Australia Orchestra from 2001 to 2012, who passed away in London this week. Aubrey led the Orchestra under Opera Australia […]
The Dutch choral world is in mourning for Bas Ramselaar, an imperious bass singer and chorus conductor who has died after a seven-month illness. Bas enjoyed an international career as soloist with majopr orchestras. […]
A report, described as ‘new research’ by the Donne Foundation and the Independent Society of Musicians, shows what are claimed to be ‘significant gender and racial inequalities’. The report shows that: – 89.9% of music, […]
The BBC has named a new chief conductor of the BBC Singers, to succeed Sofi Jeannin a year from now. He is Owain Park, principal guest conductor since 2022. The post Baton handover at […]
A concert has been arranged on July 27 at the Royal Palace of Caserta in which Valery Gergiev will conduct ‘soloists of the Mariinsky Orchestra of St Petersburg’. This will be Gergiev’s first appearance in […]
Described as a musical comedy by its composer, Franz Lehár’s last operetta has more in common with Puccini’s great operas than classic American musicals, as demonstrated by its premiere amid great fanfare at the Staatsoper […]
The Prayer I’ve known and admired Liz Callaway for years. She is a Tony and Grammy nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We […]
Red Click here to subscribe Red, a play by John Logan that I admired very much when it opened in London in 2009, a regard which only deepened when I saw it again subsequently in […]
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