The West-East Diwan Orchestra has been rehearsing in Berlin for its spring tour. Daniel Barenboim has asked his friend Zubin Mehta to stand in for him. Daniel Barenboim: “I am thrilled that Zubin has agreed […]
It’s reported that the board of Toulon Opera voted yeserday to dismiss its permanent chorus. Twenty-five singers will lose their jobs. Economic circumstances are given as the reason. The opera house is presently under renovation. […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has never matched the first in public appeal or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s sixtieth birthday, at a concert where […]