Frankfurt’s young General Music Director Thomas Guggeis conducted his first Parsifal last night. He is 31. The director, Brigitte Fassbender, was also staging her first Parsifal. She’s 85. It went pretty well, by all accounts. […]
André de RidderCourtesy of English National Opera © Hugo Glendinning English National Opera’s announcement of its 2025/26 season (good news in itself, there is a season and it is far stronger than might have been […]
Bizet: Carmen – Norfolk Into Opera Festival 2023 (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) As Norfolk’s primary schools grapple with an escalating crisis in arts education funding, Anguish’s Educational Foundation and Into Opera are inviting local stakeholders, educators, […]
Bliss’ The Beatitudes performed in Coventry Cathedral for the first time, the building for which it was commissioned and written; Orla Boylan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor) in […]
This release, aptly titled “A Duke Moment”, spotlights music originating from Duke University. The Ciompi Quartet, comprised of professors at Duke, play an interesting program of new and recent works for string quartet by composers […]
The Berlin Philharmonic has taken issue with comments attributed to its chief conductor, Kirill Petrenko, at last week’s press conference and has requested a correction. The conductor himself (or someone acting on his behalf) has […]
Overnight competition news. The Queen Elisabeth piano competition in Brussels has arrived at 12 finalists. The are: • Rachel Breen • Valère Burnon • Arthur Hinnewinkel • Wataru Hisasue • Mirabelle Kajenjeri (pictured, France) • […]
What you need to know: The former Vienna Opera singer Johannes Pietsch won the Eurovision Song Contest last night with a quiet ballad, Wasted Love. Using the stage name ‘JJ’, he produced a clear falsetto […]
Click here to register Jacob’s Pillow is a special place. Time magazine calls it, “the hub and mecca of dancing”, the NY Times calls it “the dance center of the nation” and no less a […]
Each year, the vocal group The Sixteen releases a new album on the CORO label to accompany the choir’s nationwide Choral Pilgrimage tour, which sees them visit over 20 locations across the span of 7 […]
