New online: Kaija Saariaho’s violin concerto

It has become known that the distinguished tenor Lawrence Brownlee will top the bill at the season-opening concert of Moscow’s state-run Zaryadye Hall on September 8. Brownlee, 53, is not troubled by the western cultural […]

The board of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy’s second most importnat opera house, has named Elisabetta Riva as the new Sovrintendente, starting immediately. Riva, 52, has been director for the past ten years of […]

Rachel Reeves has lopped 5 percent off the budget of the Department of Culture Media Sport and Digital, amid persistent reports that the entire DCMS is to be dismantled. It’s not clear how the cut […]