The Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov has made his conducting debut at the Winter Arts Festival in Sochi, wielding his stiick over Verdi’s Requiem. Abdra was cancelled by western theatres after aligning himself with Vladimir Putin’s […]
Maureen Carr, founding director of the Penn State School of Music, has died aged 85. She was an assiduous Stravinsky researcher, visiting the Paul Sacher archives in Basel no fewer than 27 times for manuscript […]
Dear Alma, I am a singer in Washington, DC, and I was very disappointed that the Kennedy Center has announced it has cancelled an upcoming performance featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC. This […]
NPR reports that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was evacuated yesterday following a phoned-in bomb threat. The threat was aimed at Shen Yun, a touring dance troupe linked to the religious […]
Edward Dick’s production of Puccini’s Tosca with Robert Hayward as Scarpia at Opera North in 2023 (Photo: James Glossop) Welsh National Opera celebrates its 80th anniversary during the 2024/25 season and whilst the current financial climate […]
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) was a composition student of Dvořák. His music blends folk music with a late-Romantic opulence which can include hits of Impressionism. It is a fascinating mix which nevertheless always seems to keep […]
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 Violinist Janine Jansen led a terrific International Chamber Music Festival last month in Utrecht, Netherlands. So many of you enjoyed her group’s Schubert Octet a couple of weeks ago that […]
The violinist Hilary Hahn has announced her return next Wednesday after a seven-month lay-off with a trapped nerve. She has announced her resumption in the past hour. I’m thrilled to return to the stage with […]
The violinist Pekka Kuusisto has made known the death of his father today. Ilkka Kuusisto, a hugely versatile influence in Finnish music, was 91 years old. He composed 18 operas, of which the The Moomin […]
Backstage, last night, the pianist took the plunge. The post What Yuja wore at Carnegie Hall appeared first on Slippedisc.
,%20Jessica%20Cale%20(Giulietta)%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Musical magic moments: Bellini's The Capulets & the Montagues at English Touring Opera takes us firmly into the 1950s and New York's mean streets")
