Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

It has been announced overnight that the next director of the Ruhrtriennale is to be Lydia Steier, an opera director who has made her name in Lucerne and Vienna. Steier, 47, is from Connecticut, granddaughter […]

A curious approach from mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, who sings Carmen in the new Glyndebourne production: ‘She is a freedom fighter­, but I also perceive her as a true feminist. For example, in the fight scene […]

The Concxertgebouw Orchestra has smartly included the late composer’s Offertorium on its tour next week to Hamburg and Vienna. The soloist is Julian Rachlin. Gubaidulina died on March 13. Offertorium was the first work by Gubaidulina […]