How far may a person go to free themselves from dire circumstances? Here, a woman becomes a vile murderer, and yet the 26-year-old composer Shostakovich sympathises with her. Of his own radically complex leading character, […]
Primo Artists has added composer-conductor Joel Thompson to its roster. He joins Wynton Marsalis and Valerie Coleman on the New York-based list. Primo’s founder Charlotte Lee says: ‘Joel Thompson is a brilliant composer and humanist, […]
Vienna’s Carmen, Katia Ledoux, has shared her concerns about the effects on Artificial Intelligence on opera production and reception. And what we can do about it. Katia writes: One of the things that disappoints me […]