Yuja ruffles China fans
Fans have been complaining on Chinese social media that Yuja Wang cut short a Boston Symphony signing session on Wednesday in Shanghai, saying ”this is not my CD signing and I’m going to leave.’ She […]
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Jobs for boys: Bonn baton is bumped up
Hermes Helfricht, Kapellmeister of Oper Bonn, is to be the next GMD of Theater Hagen, in the Ruhr. Helfricht, 32, succeeds Joseph Trafton, who’s from Kentucky. So it goes. The post Jobs for boys: Bonn […]
Minnesota Orchestra loses its chief
The Minnesota Orchestra’s president and CEO has jumped ship. Michelle Miller Burns, who has led the orchestra since 2018 and delivered a smooth change of music director, has been made CEO and president of the […]
Mozart’s Così: the Royal Opera’s mixed(-up) evening
Mozart Così fan tutte (ed. Ferguson/Rehm). Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Alexander Soddy. 26.06.2024 Cast: Ferrando – Daniel Behle Guglielmo – Andrè Schuen Don Alfonso – Gerald Finley Fiordiligi – Gold Schultz Dorabella […]
Ruth Leon recommends… What Is Jazz? Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme
What Is Jazz? Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme Thanks to my friend Adele who found this priceless clip online, here is 3 minutes and 3 seconds of pure jazz gold. I don’t need to explain […]
Sustainable Opera for the Future by Max Parfitt of Wild Arts
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – James Atkinson – Wild Arts 2023 (Photo: Lucy J Toms) We humans, alone on earth, are powerful enough to create worlds, and then to destroy them. But we have […]
Time for Yuja?
A Beethoven sonata, unusual for her. The post Time for Yuja? appeared first on Slippedisc.
Katherine Jenkins is executive producer on Handel film
In an interview in today’s Times, the Welsh singer announces herself as executive producer on The King of Covent Garden, directed by her husband, Andrew Levitas. Anthony Hopkins will play Georg Frideric Handel. Jenkins does […]
Review: Davone Tines channels Paul Robeson
Review by Susan Hall: Davone Tines, a premier bass-baritone, channels a hero, Paul Robeson, at the Little Island Amphitheater in New York. Robeson had a rich, sonorous bass. Tines defines his own voice as a […]
As vivid and vigorous as ever: David McVicar’s production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare returns to Glyndebourne with a terrific young cast
Handel: Giulio Cesare – Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder – Glyndebourne, 2024 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder, Beth Taylor, Svetlina Stoyanova, Cameron Shahbazi, director: David […]
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