Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

The US soprano has withdrawn from the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, which does not open until late May. Covent Garden says: ‘Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.’ […]

It was the black year of 1968 when conductor Agnieszka Duczmal founded the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. On the streets, students and workers went on strike and the antisemitic Communist government blamed the Jews, forcing thousands […]

Pembridge College has wasted no time in filling the organ bench lately vacated by Anna Lapwood. The new director of music is to be Luke Fitzgerald, assistant director at Coventry Cathedral. He says: ‘Big shoes […]