Farinelli’s Violin
Later this month violinist Jorge Jiménez and his ensemble Tercia Realidad are releasing their disc, Farinelli’s Violin on Pan Classics. The disc features arias writtens for the castrato Farinelli in new versions where it is […]
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Opera in Virtual Reality: Alastair White’s #CAPITAL direct from the Metaverse courtesy of Tête à Tête
Alastair White: #CAPITAL Wikipedia defines the Metaverse as ‘a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection.The term metaverse […]
NY Phil is close to naming new boss
We hear the orchestra will ppresent its next CEO before the month is out. The key factor for the seach committee has been to recruit someone who has the trust of incoming director Gustavo Dudamel. […]
Biz news: Bryn Terfel’s agency in smart merger
The Harlequin agency in Cardiff which has looked after the baritone Sir Bryn Terfel from the start of his career has agreed a merger with agency Keynote, a London-based artist management company. Harlequin was started […]
Sir Keir Starmer enters the Leeds Piano Competition
The prime minister has offered a tribute to the contest, presently under way. He writes: The Leeds combines two of my greatest loves: the city that absolutely formed me when I came here as a student; […]
A US soprano who walked out on the Met
The death has been communicated of Christine Weidinger who, on the advice of Marilyn Horne, quit a string of roles at the Metropolitan Opera to become a company member in Stuttgart Oper and then at […]
Tallis Scholars mourn soprano, 62
Message from Peter Philips and the Tallis Scholars: ‘It is with great sadness that we share the news that soprano Deborah Roberts has died. Deborah performed over 1200 concerts with us between 1977 and 2012. […]
Breaking: Andras Schiff has a broken leg
Just in from the BBC Proms: Very sadly, Sir András Schiff has broken his leg and has had to withdraw from this Prom. Rather than cancelling this concert we wanted to offer an alternative. We […]
Unhappy orchestras (2): LA Phil loses planning chief
We understand that Daniel Malampalli, Associate Director of Programming at the LA Phil, has quit to join Chad Smith as head of programming at the Boston Symphony. He’ll need to invest in a winter suit. […]
Kaufmann pledges Vienna return
Medical update from the sickly tenor: While in Verona, I unfortunately started experiencing cold like symptoms which turned into a rather awful flu. This forced me to reschedule my performance in Bratislava and cancel my […]
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