Naples erases Putin’s bass

An epoch has ended. Alastair Macaulay reports from Glyndebourne: Tonight, the British baritone Thomas Allen, aged seventy-nine, announced from the Glyndebourne stage that this had been his final performance; I wish I had been there. […]

Delighted to see a piece of original research by conductor-scholar (and exNYT critic) Will Crutchfield published in this weekend’s NY Times. Historians try to be precise, so it is awkward to admit that I can’t […]

We hear that Paul Mann, who is Principal Guest Conductor with the Lviv National Philharmonic, has been conducting there throughout the war. Every time he goes, Paul donates his fee to the orchestra.   The […]