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The Tiktok organist has announced ‘some personal news’ between very dark borders: The post Anna Lapwood is disengaged appeared first on Slippedisc.

Here’s the trailer to the Callas film. See what you think. The post Should I call you Maria? Angelina Jolie trailer goes live appeared first on Slippedisc.

Shanghai media are reporting that Katharina Wagner is in town to sign a three-year residency with Shanghai Grand Theatre, running from 2025 to 2027. The deal is for Tristan und Isolde, Walküre and Tannhäuser to […]

The LA Phil has appointed Mitch Bassion to be Chief Philanthropy Officer from February. Bassion is presently in the same post at the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. A generous offer, presumably. The post LA Phil snatches […]

The composer Thomas Hertel, former music director of Dresden State Theatre, died on Monday after a long illness. Hertel, who was 73, suffered restrictions under Communism and left for West Germany in 1985, finding work […]

In today’s budget statement in Cardiff there was a derisory increase of £1.5 million for the Arts Council of Wales. That will barely cover the rise in coffee prices. The chorus of Welsh National Opera […]

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has developed an Audio2MIDI link to convert audio recordings into musical scores. The service works in Telegram. To use it, you need to launch  the Audio2MIDI bot , click “Start”, […]

The classical guitarist David Chevallier has announced the death from cancer of his beloved wife, international soprano Anne Magouët. After 6 years of a tough fight against cancer, Anne Magouët, my wife, my muse, turned […]

Katharina Wagner has said she’s ‘disappointed’ at having to cut four operas from the anniversary season of 2026. ‘But what can you do? You can’t ignore reality.’ She blames national wage rises for the shortfall. […]