Having emerged from the Aldeburgh Festival [see Tony’s review of the closing concerts], Snape Maltings is gearing up for this year’s Summer at Snape, a month-long celebration of music running from 26 July – 31 August […]
It’s August. There are daily review and reports from Salzburg, Bayreuth, the BBC Proms, Edinburgh…. even Schleswig-Holstein. What’s missing? Verbier. Despite attracting big-name performers and high-worth audiences, the Swiss mountain-tent festival has lost almost all […]
The immediate closure has been announced at three French magazines, Avant-Scène Opéra, Classica and Pianist, all on economic grounds. Avant-Scène Opéra, in its 50th year, was unique in devoting each bimonthly issue to a single […]