Paris mourns opera chorusmaster, 99
The death is reported of the venerable Jean Laforge, chorusmaster of the Opéra de Paris for three decades and of other major companies for the next 15 years. Laforge entered the Palais Garnier as deputy […]
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Planet Hugill featured in FeedSpot Top 60 Opera Blogs
I am never really sure about lists of things, the Top 50 Best whatevers. However, finding out that you are in such a list is terribly seductive, even if you wonder how the list has […]
So who won the Norma war?
Vienna has just seen two productions of Bellini’s opera in a week. The Teater an der Wien had a brilliant cast – Asmik Grigorian, Aigul Akhmetshina, Freddie De Tommaso – and spartan sets. The Vienna […]
New Music Biennial: 20 new works as part of the festival celebrating Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
For the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the PRS Foundation’s New Music 20×12 showcased a range of short (no longer than 15 minutes) pieces by contemporary music creators. Renamed New Music Biennial, the festival has become a showcase […]
Beset by criticisms of Wagnerisme, Édouard Lalo cried off opera after Le Roi d’Ys but the work itself held the stage and is finally returning to London
Poster for the première performance of Édouard Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys. During the 19th century, many French composers became fascinated by Wagner and his operas. Not every composer managed as balanced an attitude as Gabriel Fauré […]
Italian tenor, 87
The death has been reported in Bologna of the effulgent tenor Romano Emili, a revered and popular figure on Italian stages and in the former East Germany. He retired that magnificent voice in 2004. The […]
Japanese wins Heifetz Competition
Vienna-based Yuki Hirano from Sapporo has been pronounced winner of the seventh Jascha Heifetz Competition, which took place in Vilnius, Lithiania. Gidon Kremer chaired the jury. The post Japanese wins Heifetz Competition appeared first on […]
San Fran Symphony breaks a long colour bar
Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the SF Symphony have announced the appointment of Joshua Elmore as Principal Bassoon. He is apparently the orchestra’s first black principal player in 50 years. The SF Symphony have also […]
Death of leading Bolshoi violinist
The death hnas been reported of the venerable violinist Marta Kushnirskaya, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra for three decades and artistic director of the all-female Marta Kushnirskaya Violin Ensemble. Marta was 91. The post […]
,%20Jessica%20Cale%20(Giulietta)%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Musical magic moments: Bellini's The Capulets & the Montagues at English Touring Opera takes us firmly into the 1950s and New York's mean streets")
Musical magic moments: Bellini’s The Capulets & the Montagues at English Touring Opera takes us firmly into the 1950s and New York’s mean streets
Bellini: The Capulets & the Montagues – Brenton Spiteri, Jessica Cale, Masimba Ushe – English Touring Opera, 2025 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Bellini: The Capulets and the Montagues; Jessica Cale, Samantha Price, Brenton Spiteri, […]
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