New boss at Wexford
Wexford Festival Trust has picked Suzanne Nance as its new Executive Director. She has spent eight years as President and CEO of All Classical Radio based in Portland, Oregon. Nance’s husband, Desmond Earley, is director […]
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Houti missile targets Israel Opera
From a correspondent in Tel Aviv: Last night’s performance of Turandot at the Israeli Opera had an uncalled-for break as a Houti missile from the Yemen was heading to Tel Aviv. While Ping Pang and […]
BBC music nudges closer to Europe
The BBC has unrolled a new partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. It is described as ‘the first new Eurovision music co-production with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since Eurovision Young Musicians, which first aired […]
She sang 160 times at the Met
The death has been made known of the Mexican soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo who appeared at the Met 160 times between 1970 and 1984, generally in leading roles – Aida, Tosca, Butterfly and the like. Gilda, […]
10 composers to insert their own movements in classical works
The Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber has been revealing his plans when he becomes Hamburg’s General Music Director in September. Among other ideas, Wellber has commissioned 10 living composers to insert their own ideas in […]
Just in: Royal Academy of Music to move east
The venerable institution is shifting some of its activities to Docklands, whereis has been offered premises at peppercorn rent. press release: The Royal Academy of Music has today announced plans to create new teaching and […]
How is this defined as ‘sacred music’?
The capture of Yale University by woke jargon is exemplified in its latest weild appointment. This comes fro, would you believe, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music: New ISM long-term fellow, Katie Anania, is an […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "A vivid theatricality that a more conventional treatment might have missed: Bintou Dembélé & Leonardo García-Alarcón collaborate on a remarkable reinvention of Rameau's Les Indes Galantes")
A vivid theatricality that a more conventional treatment might have missed: Bintou Dembélé & Leonardo García-Alarcón collaborate on a remarkable reinvention of Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes – Andreas Wolf, Cappella Mediterranea, Chœur de chambre de Namur, Structure Rualité, Leonardo García-Alarcón – The Grange Festival (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Rameau: Les Indes Galantes; Laurène Paternò, Ana Quintans, Alasdair […]
Donizetti Songs, #1: Lawrence Brownlee & Carlo Rizzi
We began our coverage of Opera Rara’s Donizetti Songs #4 because of the inclusion of a setting of some of the libretto for La Straniera, and we covered Bellini’s opera of that name recently. now […]
Chauhan conducts Tchaikovsky – Vol 3
I’ve collected the 3 of these to appear so far in the series – although after listening to the first one, I haven’t been motivated to listen to the next two. Francesca and Tempest were […]
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