Paul Van Nevel, founder of Belgium’s early-music Huelgas Ensemble in 1971, has named his successor. The German tenor Achim Schulz, a singer in the ensemble for two decades, will gradually take up conducting responsibilities. Van […]
This weekend saw record online sales for the 2024 Proms. The following concerts were the hottest tickets: First Night of the Proms conducted by Elim Chan (19 July), Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (20 […]
The tragic nuns of the gay composer’s opera Dialogues des Carmelites are on their way to becoming saints. From the Rome bulletin Il messagero: The sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, who during the Reign of […]