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Michael Volle (pic) has suffered an injury and cannot sing the Flying Dutchman title role tonight. His replacement is the experienced Tomasz Konieczny. That’s two nights running that the title singer had to be replaced […]

He conducted the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra last night at Musikfest Bremen with works by Brahms and Schubert. Next stop: Berlin’s Waldbühne. Photos: Manuel Vaca & Patric Leo The post Barenboim’s back in the podium appeared […]

We couldn’t possibly comment. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Orchestre Métropolitain (@orchestre_metropolitain) The post Yannick’s rock version of Beethoven’s 5th. Your thoughts? appeared first on Slippedisc.

The tennis champion has been hamming it up in Croatia with violinist Julian Rachlin and his wife violist Sarah McElravy. Watch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Julian Rachlin (@julianrachlin) The post […]

From the Times’s full-page obit of Zamira Menuhin: Speaking of how Yehudi Menuhin’s desire to change the world never ended, she told how he was patron of more than 200 charities. “He just couldn’t say […]

The master-minimalist, 87, is spending August in Nova Scotia, according to online feeds. No sign of his inseparable cat. The post Composers in summer (1): Philip Glass appeared first on Slippedisc.

Seattle Opera has named James Robinson, artistic director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as its next general and artistic director. Robinson, 61, is best known for directing Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up in […]

The young German conductor Dominik Beykirch has handed in his notice at the German National Theatre and Staatskapelle Weimar. Beykirch, now 32, was promoted to chief in the early months of Covid, having worked in […]

Ahmed Mater- Chronicles Click here to watch Ahmed Mater, an artist from Saudi Arabia whose art encompasses painting, photography, sculpture, land art, and all manner of expression, talks movingly about his work which is currently […]