The british conductor Jonathan Nott will end his leadership next season of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. No successor has been named. But the season’s guest conductors are predominantly women – Eun Sun Kim (pic), Karina Canellakis, Barbara Dragan, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Simone Young.
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Having two productions of Bellini’s Norma running simultaneously at the Vienna Staatsoper and Teater an der Wien has certain advantages. Juan Diego Florez has fallen sick and can’t sing Pollione tonight at the Staatsoper. In […]
Michael Morpurgo’s 1999 book Kensuke’s Kingdom might have very modern concerns with its bringing issues about care for the environment and the natural world into what is a traditional adventure story, but the new animated film […]
Sotheby’s is selling the 1714 ’Joachim-Ma’ Stradivarius violin in Feburary, with estimates ranging from $12m to $18 million. All proceeds will go to the New England Consevatory of Music (NEC). The owner’s life story is […]
