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. […]
From the family and friends of Emily Hoh: We are hosting a memorial concert to celebrate the life of our beloved daughter, sister and friend, collaborative pianist Yining Emily Hoh, who passed away on the […]
The death has belatedly been brought to our attention of Jeannette Sinclair, principal soprano at the Royal Opera House from 1956 to 1966. She died on April 11, her 96th birthday. Jeannette sang Sister Constance […]
For their series Lights in the Dark at the Royal Festival Hall (with two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and music director Vasily Petrenko explore the many ways in which […]
