Message from the Czech Philharmonic:
Our chief conductor Semjon Byčkov underwent a planned hip surgery shortly after a successful American tour and is now recovering. Herbert Blomstedt and Nicolas Kraemer will take over January concerts.
So that’s a maestro of 97 replacing a youngster of 72.
The post Sicklist: Bychkov is out for the month appeared first on Slippedisc.
Audra McDonald at the Palladium Audra McDonald has been nominated for Tony Awards eight times, and won six. In addition to her Tony Awards she has two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award. President Barack Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts in […]
The Metrpolitan Opera, which is resting this month, will announce its next season Wednesday week. It promises a ‘spectacular 2025-26 season which features six stunning news productions’. They may need to discuss co-productions with the […]
The city of Würzburg has been shaken by the abrupt departure of Markus Trabusch, in tendant of the Mainfranken Theatre for the past nine years. A statement by the city said Traubusch had ‘recently been […]
