Just in: Barbara Hannigan becomes chief conductor

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 […]

Colleagues are mourning the Georgian composer Marianna Tscharkwiani, who lived for a while in Vienna and has died after a prolonged struggle with cancer. Originally immersed in Stockhausen and electronic music, she became a compelling […]

The late Sir Andrew Davis was due to conduct Prom 53 on August 30. His sudden death last month has led to a revised concert, conducted by Martin Brabbins: the first half remains the same […]