Martha Argerich: No place to Haydn

From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I’m a young American soprano in a mid-sized German state opera. They have offered me Violetta next season on condition I agree to learn some filthy atonal opera […]

The Royal Opera has selected seven artists for its Jette Parker two-year training programme. They are: Mezzo-soprano Jingwen Cai (China) Soprano Marianna Hovanisyan (Armenia) Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson (UK) Baritone Siphe Kwani (South Africa) Pianist Richard […]

You can now get excluded for carrying a flag related to ‘politics, hatred and advertising’. Seems to cover pretty much everything.   The post BBC Proms tightens Last Night flags restriction appeared first on Slippedisc.