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So who’s the jumping conductor?

So who’s the jumping conductor?

This was posted a couple of weeks ago on Insta. Anyone recognise the soloist and conductor? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Юмор через контрабасизм (@rustam_salmankhanov) The post So who’s the jumping […]

Peter Gelb calls out the dictators

Peter Gelb calls out the dictators

The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager has been giving some pre-curtain thoughts on Fidelio. ‘It’s a mesage to dictators that rings true today… My personal heroine is my wife, the conductor Kerri-Lynn Wilson, who, as I […]

Next baguette on the block

Next baguette on the block

HarrisonParrott’s Paris office has signed the Polish conductor Barbara Dragan, formerly with a Vienna boutique. Trained in Hamburg and Berlin, Dragan, 35, presided over pre-recordings of the 2024 Olympics with two Paris orchestras. The post […]

Trump silences Voice of America

Trump silences Voice of America

The US Presdident has signed an order shutting down the Voice of America, which broadcast chiefly to Russia and eastern Europe. All 1,300 staff have been sent home. America has gone isolationist. The post Trump […]

Munich has seven new shows next season

Munich has seven new shows next season

The 2025/6 programme was rolled out this morning under the enigmatic Sartrean slogan: ‘Man is what he makes of himself.’ Here goes: PREMIERES OF THE BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER 2025–26 THE ENGLISH CAT The first premiere of […]