Canada’s Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, which went bankrupt in September last year, has reached a settlement with its creditors and will resume performances in the coming month. The agreement has been ratified by the Superior Court of […]
The US tenor, presently at the Met, talks about his unusual pathway to the limelight in the latest episode of Speaking Soundly with Met principal trumpet David Krauss. ‘When I got to college… my goal […]
Letter in the LA Times: To the editor: How disappointing that 11 notable figures talked about a “true” Los Angeles sans palm trees and the Hollywood sign, and not one said a word on this city […]
The latest job vacancy at English National Opera – head of a team of Executive Assistants – is to be paid £50-55,000 p.a. with plenty of extras and expenses. There are string players in the […]
The departure of Dominique Meyer as Sovrintendente has set off a gave of musical chairs on the top floor of La Scala. First to go is the supremely well-informed André Comploi, Meyer’s right-hand man for […]
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw – Ailish Tynan – English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: Manuel Harlan) Britten: The Turn of the Screw; Ailish Tynan, Nicolai Flutter, Holly Hylton, Gweneth Ann Rand, Robert Murray, Eleanor […]
The singer, 65, has been named Festival Director of the 2025 Cincinnati May Festival. ‘I’m honored,’ she says. ‘Beyond music’s power to express the most profound ideas and feelings, we are learning more every day […]
Cellist Gabriel Lipkind and violinist Anna Lipkind Mazor, based in Amsterdam, are trying to raise $800,000 to secure cancer treatment for their seven year-old son, Adam. Please help if you can. In 2019, our […]
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
The death has been reported of Nuala Willis, an English stage and costume designer who went on to enjoy an extensive career for 35 years as an opera singer. Nuala was 83. She is survived […]
