Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima

The American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Russo, who sang Fricka in Fulham Opera’s Ring cycle, has died of cancer. She was cantor and soloist at Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Ct., for 25 years. The […]

Ushers were sent out with these signs at last night’s CBSO concert of Dvorak Cello Concerto and Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. It looks like the CBSO’s chief exec Emma Stenning has been forced to back down […]

Our resident critic Alastair Macaulay is spending most of his summer at the Royal Albert Hall: by Alastair Macaulay Let’s hear it for the term “semi-staged”! On Monday 1 September, English National Opera presented Shostakovich’s […]