Lang Lang got a Christmas sweater

A new Youtube channel, Opus Obscura, has broiught out recording of Elgar’s cello concerto by the late principal cello of the Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Bartolomey. It is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and takes extremely […]

Katharina Wagner has said she’s ‘disappointed’ at having to cut four operas from the anniversary season of 2026. ‘But what can you do? You can’t ignore reality.’ She blames national wage rises for the shortfall. […]

What were English National Opera chiefs thinking when they approved a run of Instagram posts that reduce the art form to puerile caricature? The posts are neither funny nor intelligent. Several singers are expressing rage. […]