The current issue of Hello! magazine features 12 pages – count them – on a fundraiser Simon Cowell put of for London Music Fund, which puts instruments and tuition in the hands of some of the most deprived children.
Did I say 12 pages?
Must have forgotten to mention the cover. LMF is now the limelight classical charity of the year.
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Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy This clip needs no introduction. Perhaps the most incongruous pairing ever captured on video, a love duet between Rudolf Nureyev and Miss Piggy singing Baby It’s Cold Outside. Nureyev doesn’t need to pantomime discomfort, he […]
The US soprano has withdrawn from the Royal Opera’s production of Faust, which does not open until late May. Covent Garden says: ‘Lisette Oropesa has withdrawn from all performances of Faust due to personal reasons.’ […]
We’re hearing the Lise Martel, third violin soloist at the Opera National de Paris for the past ten years, has been chosen as concertmaster at the Opera de Lyon. The post New concertmaster at Lyon […]
