The Russian state agency Tass reports that Anna Netrebko will star in a new Tosca production in Rome on January 14. The date and place are freighted with significance. Tosca received its premiere on January […]
Zurich Opera hired the Russian exile Kirill Serebrennikov to mark what would have been Alfred Schnittke’s 90th borthday this month. His staging of ‘The Idiot’ replaces recent anti-Putin connotations with maximum gay exposure. From Lotte […]
Four days after the sudden death of its artistic director, the Aix-en-Provence Festival has called in its former chief. Bernard Foccroulle has been appointed advisor for the 2025 edition of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Foccroulle, 71, […]