There is music in the wars around us
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I am generally resistant to albums that impose an external theme on unrelated pieces of music from different places and times. In this case, it is eastern Europe, […]
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Bohuslav Martinů’s The Greek Passion launches Den Jyske Opera’s 2024/25 season in Aarhus, Denmark
Bohuslav Martinů: The Greek Passion – Den Jyske Opera Bohuslav Martinů’s opera, The Greek Passion, is one of those complex works that continue to resonate, even though actual performances are still relatively rare. Whilst the work […]
Into the unknown: soprano Aoife Miskelly makes her debut with Vache Baroque in Pergolesi’s rarely performed opera, L’Olimpiade
Vache Baroque in 2021 Vache Baroque‘s Summer opera production this year will be Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade, his 1735 setting of a libretto by Metastasio that clocked up more than 50 different settings (including one by Vivaldi […]
Gender benders in the Black Forest
Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision, travels to a European festival that is something of a hidden gem: Rossini in Wildbad in Germany’s Black Forest. Friday night’s production of Rossini’s sparkling medieval ballad, Le Comte Ory, includes […]
Ruth Leon recommends… A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bridge Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bridge Theatre Click here for tickets Before the summer is over, here’s a dreamy version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Deep in the magical forest a feuding King and Queen […]
Bratislava maestro quits
Martin Leginus yesterday resigned as music director of the Slovak National Theatre, against a backdrop of Government interference. Leginus is a close friend of Robert Jindra, who quit as chiec conductor of the Kosice State […]
The Art of Isolde Menges
This is something special: a Biddulph twofer celebrating the recordings of Isolde Menges (1893-1976), This is a violinist who was a student of the great Leopold Auer (she also studied with Carl Flesch). She founded […]
‘Exemplary’ Berlin violinist dies at 104
The Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is paying respects to long-serving violinist Eberhard Wangemann, who has died at the age of 104. Described as ‘an exemplary person and musician who made invaluable contributions to the orchestra,’ Wangemann […]
Russia reverts to vinyl
The state record label Melodiya is building a vinyl pressing plant in Novosibirsk, local media report. Opening in the spring the aim is to press 100,000 LPs a year, about one-third of the present domestic […]
Boutique agency signs its third composer
Primo Artists has added composer-conductor Joel Thompson to its roster. He joins Wynton Marsalis and Valerie Coleman on the New York-based list. Primo’s founder Charlotte Lee says: ‘Joel Thompson is a brilliant composer and humanist, […]
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