After months of politically stirred speculation, the Bavarian government this morning awarded new contracts to Serge Dorny and Vladimir Jurowski as intendant and GMD of Bavarian State Opera. Dorny, 62, gets five more years, Jurowski, […]
Intermusica has appointed Nathan Morrison to be Head of Vocal & Opera in place of Julia Maynard. Julia will also step down as Deputy Chief Executive but, it is said, will continue ‘her close involvement […]
The Head of Strings at Latymer Upper School will stand trial at the City of London Magistrates Court in September, accused of stalking an instrument dealer, which she denies. Helen Neilson is alleged to have […]
Italy’s only aircraft carrier, the Giuseppe Garibaldi, is planning to stage an opera on deck. Singers will make their entrance by helicopter. Read here. The post Madama Butterfly on a battleship appeared first on Slippedisc.
Three Jewish refugees who were imprisoned in the Ferramonti camp in Calabria from 1940 to 1943 are being supported by a new initiative from the publishers Universal Edition. Press release: The Viennese music publisher Universal […]
Message received: Reggio Emilia, 16 June 2024 – The 13th International String Quartet Competition ‘Premio Paolo Borciani’ concluded on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at the Romolo Valli Theatre in Reggio Emilia. The jury chaired by […]
Euripedes’ classic tragedy Medea has inspired writers and artists across the centuries as well as playwrights directly reinterpreting Euripedes’ original (hands up those who have heard a performance of the original Ancient Greek!). Now Thee Black Swan, […]
The SWR Symphony Orchestra has notified the media that its incoming artistic director Francois-Xavier Roth is unavailable for this summer’s concerts, ‘following allegations of sexual harassment.’ The Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen will replce his all-Schoenberg […]
Performers from all parts of the opera world are lamenting the death, aged 35, from cancer, of the Belgian coloratura soprano Jodie Devos. Lisette Oropesa: I’m so sad to read about her crossing over… The […]
One of Cambrian Harps’ Discover the Harp sessions Cambrian Harps, a company from the heart of Wales specialising in making harps and encouraging harp playing, is on a mission to show the country and the […]
