In 2017 https://slippedisc.com/2017/06/exclusive-opera-critic-is-hit-with10000-euro-libel-fine/ that the Romanian critic Alexandru Patrascu, a contributor to the London-based Opera magazine, lost a libel case brought against him by the conductor Tiberiu-Ionuț Soare, ex-head of Bucharest National Opera, and the […]
Dear Alma, I left my oboe on the train last week. It’s the third time in as many years. The first I blamed on Covid stress. The second was during my divorce. But this time […]
First it was the dancers. Now the stage crews and front-of-house staff have joined in. Thursday’s Rigoletto was cancelled last-minute at the Bastille, along with the ballet Jeux at the Garnier. The unions warn of […]