First, Opera North pulled back before Christmas from a proposed merger with struggling Northern Ballet which could have pulled both companies down. Now, Northern Ballet has made an offer to its musicians that they say […]
The cutting-edge Birmingham Conntemporary Music Group is giving a concert in Birmingham Town Hall with vocalist Basil Gabbidon, marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of reggae legend Bob Marley. The artistic justification? BCMG director […]
In 2017 https://slippedisc.com/2017/06/exclusive-opera-critic-is-hit-with10000-euro-libel-fine/ that the Romanian critic Alexandru Patrascu, a contributor to the London-based Opera magazine, lost a libel case brought against him by the conductor Tiberiu-Ionuț Soare, ex-head of Bucharest National Opera, and the […]
The autograph manuscript of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s string quartet in B flat major, Opus 130, has been acquired by the Beethovenhaus in Bonn. It has been rpivately owned and inaccessible for decades. The […]
Franz Welser-Möst has pulled out of the opening of the new Magic Flute, directed by Barbora Horakova, at the end of this month. A statement from Staatsoper director Bogdan Roscic reads: ‘After successful immunotherapy, unexpected […]
Message from the Czech Philharmonic: Our chief conductor Semjon Byčkov underwent a planned hip surgery shortly after a successful American tour and is now recovering. Herbert Blomstedt and Nicolas Kraemer will take over January concerts. […]
We have been notified of the passing of Perry Montague-Mason, popular leader of several British orchestras. After an early spell in the BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry led Mantovani Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra for […]
Elvis If he had lived, Elvis would have turned 90 today. Hard to imagine, isn’t it, Elvis Presley as an old man? He was so intrinsically part of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll and […]
Peter Yarrow, of the 1960s folk trio, died today of bladder cancer, aged 86. Paul (Noel Paul Stookey) is the last survivor. Contrary to their cleancut image, Peter was jailed for three months for indecency […]
There has been an ooutpouring of grief at the sudden death of Anthony Pinciotti, a leading drummer in jazz, rock and world ensembles, who died suddenly just before Christmas. We are heartbroken to announce that […]
