The Canadian Opera Company has renewed the contracts of COC Music Director Johannes Debus and Chorus Master Sandra Horst to 2029. COC says: Our audiences know that an opera with Johannes at the podium and […]
The once-independent French classical label, based in Arles, was bought out by the Belgian group Pias in 2015. Two years ago, Universal took a 49% stake in Pias. Today it absorbed the rest of the […]
Conductor Jay Fishman will give his last concerts with the Minnesota Sinfonia this weekend. After that, the orchestra will cease to exist. Fishman, 77, founded it in 1989 to play concerts in schools and for […]
Friends have reported the death of Leonardo Navarro, a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 2017. No cause is yet known. Leo was 38. A Chilean who sang his first roles in at […]
Months after signing on for an orchestral tour with German management firm K D Schmid, the Australian comedy duo TwoSet Violin has split up, taking down all their videos on social media. Their parting message […]
The Dutch flag carrier has lived up to national courtesy standards by refusing to board cellist Maja Bogdanović, her husband, violinist Daniel Rowland and their children aged one and three. KLM officials said the cello […]
The archetype British popster has enviable stamina. For his 85 birthday a year from now, he has announced tours Down Under and back home. Can’t be be long before he duets with Domingo. They are […]
The auction house Tarisio has gone public on the private sale of a bow to New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang. The bow was made in 1864 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume’s best Parisian bowman, Pierre […]
Jonathan Dove: Itch – Adam Temple Smith as Itch and Victoria Simmonds as Watkins – Opera Holland Park 2023 (Photo: Craig Fuller) Celebrating the best new classical music and sound art, this year’s Ivors Classical […]
En Couleur: Saint-Saens, Ravel, Tailleferre, Debussy, Milhaud; Trio Colores (Fabian Ziegler, Luca Staffelbach and Matthias Kessper); Solo MusicaReviewed 7 October 2024 Sensitivity of touch and an ear for timbre and colour bring a sense of […]