Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
Page 6 in the NY Post – not the first pace you’d turn to for opera reviews – has a speech made by Peter Gelb at a private fundraiser, lambasting Zachary Wolfe of the NY […]
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Ruth Leon recommends… The Corn Is Green – National Theatre
The Corn Is Green – National Theatre Click here for tickets Just now available on the National Theatre At Home platform is The Corn is Green, an autobiographical play by the actor and writer Emlyn Williams about his coming of age […]
Rutherford’s Lights: Edward Cowie’s epic cycle
This is Edward Cowie‘s 80th birthday year, and Métier as a number of new recordings are in progress, including the third volume in the Bird Portraits series, and music for string quartets and other chamber groupings. But […]
Alma: Ella Milch-Sheriff’s new opera based on the life of Alma Mahler premieres at the Volksoper in Vienna
Alma Mahler remains a fascinating figure. Musically active as a composer, albeit for a relatively short time, her life has been rather overshadowed by her relationships. She married the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter […]
On tour from New York, the Philip Glass Ensemble stopped off in Cambridge in a presentation by the Cambridge Music Festival.
Philip Glass: Akhnaten – English National Opera, 2016 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Philip Glass: Glassworks plus excerpts from Satyagraha, Akhnaten and The Photographer; Lisa Bielawa, Peter Hess. Mick Ross, Sam Sadigursky, Andrew Sterman, Philip […]
US opera chief steps down
It has been announced tonight that Patrick Summers will step down as Artistic and Music Director at Houston Grand Opera in the spring of 2026. He has been in the post for 23 years. He […]
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today aged 80, his son has reported. After an education that he rounded off at Juilliard, Segerstam became chief conductor at Finnish National Opera, and at Stockholm’s Royal […]
The Light of Paradise: Paul Mealor’s new choral opera inspired by the life and writing of medieval mystic Margery Kempe
The mediaeval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca.1373-1448) is a fascinating figure. She freed herself from the restraint of marriage and embarked on pilgrimages to sacred sites in Europe and the Middle East, dressed usually in white. […]
France squeezes out is last accordion
The last French maker of accordions, Maugein, has gone into liquidation after 105 years. They blame unfair competition from China, along with the slump brought on by Covid. The last instrument leaves the factory next […]
You get the PR you pay for
From a well-known UK entertainment firm: Recall – previous news with obvious error!!! Julian is of course a CELLIST! Not a violinist – I’ve only worked with him for around 10 years!! Brain Fog! Legendary […]
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