The Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo has upgraded Riccardo Frizza from music director to artistic director. Frizza, 53, has served the festival as music director for the past eight years. Go figure. He says: ‘It […]
We hear that the Houston Symphony is about to announce Gary Ginstling as its new CEO. Ginstling’s the one who resigned last July after just a year at the head of the New York Philharmonic. […]
Awakenings: Brahms, Saint-Saens, Wolf, Schoenberg, Stenhamer, Rebecca Clarke, Prokofiev, Hugh Wood, Jake Heggie, Weill, Britten: Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill; AVI MusicReviewed 15 July 2024 An intriguing & eclectic programme full of disturbing elements complemented by […]