The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has promoted violinist Catherine Arlidge to the role of director of artistic planning. It has been a turbulent year for the CBSO. Arlidge is presently Sub Principal Second Violin […]
The cultural venue La Gaité Lyrique has been paralysed for a week by a homeless sit-in. The theatre has issued this statement: 200 people from all walks of life and without housing solutions, grouped as […]
Brian Jagde, who fled Forza del destino when his wife went into labour, is back with happy news: Welcome to the world Baby Jagde, you are loved beyond measure! Thank you all for your messages […]
Christoph Meyer, 64, is taking early retirement as General Director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. He says: ‘After consulting a doctor, my health condition unfortunately does not allow me to continue to lead the […]
The chapel of the Foundling Hospital where Handel performed Messiah annually Handel: Messiah; Anna Devin, Tim Mead, Nick Pritchard, Cody Quattlebaum, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Barbican HallReviewed 16 December 2024 Sometimes avoiding traditional […]
A new ensemble, La Philharmonica, is putting on an alternative Vienna concert on New Year’s Day, we are informed. Seven women members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will play works by women composers at 4pm […]
Message from the BBC Symphony Orchestra: We regret to announce that Jennifer Pike is no longer able to perform at Perth Concert Hall on 21 February 2025, as she recovers from a micro-fracture on one […]
Many Russians will think highly of Valery Gergiev’s action in skipping out in mid-opera to conduct a Putin aria halfway across Moscow. Russian audiences are used to being kept waiting, and worse things happened under […]
Days after Sir John Eliot Gardiner flew in with his new team, the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir performed an identical programme at the Elbphilharmonie, conducted by Christophe Rousset (pictured). The performance was totally […]
The over-booked Finn had a hard time at his Vienna Philharmonic debut this weekend with Mahler’s sixth Symphony. The experienced critic for Der Standard, Stefan Ender, found the performance ‘incredibly loud’, resulting in ‘a levelling […]
