Götterdämmerung Richard Wagner spent twenty-six years perfecting the final part of his Ring, from the first sketches for the scenario to the completion of the composition. The score is a fascinating blend of motifs from the […]
The Leonie Sonnings Talent Awards are the biggest thing in Danish opera. This year’s winner, announced this morning, is a young soprano at at the Royal Danish Opera who was the subject of a TV […]
The former music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, which resides at the Kennedy Center, has responded to a Washington Post article criticising President Trump’s takeover. Slatkin writes: ‘I am reminded of what Leonard Bernstein […]