Our roving critic Susan Hall went to see John Adams’ version of Antony and Cleopatra at the Metropolitan Opera. No-one there seems to remember the Samuel Barber opera that opened the new Met in 1966. […]
Alexandre Solopov died on January 13 in Montreal, Canada. Born in Vladivostok, Sasha moved to Moscow at age 16, graduating from the classes of Lev Vlassenko and Mikhail Pletnev. He moved to Montreal in 1996 […]
The competition started last night, reduced to 28 participants instead of 30. The Russian Anastasia Vorotnaya quit last weekend. She has now been joined by Korkmaz Can Sağlam, 25, of Turkey, claiming health issues. The […]