Jacqueline Stucker History’s Lovers: Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte, Handel: arias from Alcina, & Rodelinda, Concerto Grosso in F op. 6 No. 9, Telemann: aria from Orpheus; Jacqueline Stucker, La Nuova Musica, David Bates; Wigmore HallReviewed 28 […]
A message from violinist Maxim Vengerov: Fantastic to see Barenboim at his home. I am so proud to have studied with him for so many years, play so many concerts and recorded with him both […]
A rightwing Trumpist Floyd Brown says he has been fired as VP of development at Kennedy Center after just two weeks. His appointment was never announced through any formal process. Brown declared it two weeks […]
The Austrian tabloid Kurier has reported the death of its former showbiz reporter Peter Kupfer, who turned chasing stars into a profitable business. The personable Kupfer was manager of star tenors José Carreras, Juan Diego […]
%20Ali%20Wright-28.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Impressive debuts: Opera Holland Park's first Wagner opera, Der fliegende Holländer is something of a triumph")
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Eleanor Dennis, Paul Carey Jones – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer; Paul Carey Jones, Eleanor Dennis, Robert Winslade Anderson, Neal Cooper, Angharad Lyddon, Colin Judson, […]
The former head of the Sazburg Festival, La Scala Milan and the Maggio Musicale has been found guilty in Florence on two counts of using money from the opera house without authority. Pereira, 77, was […]
In the week that composer Per Nørgård passed away, we are informed of the death of the important conductor Tamás Vetö. He died a week after his 90th birthday. A fugitive from the 1956 Hungarian […]
The body of Edward Grantham was found inside inside his house in Sydney’s Croydon district after a huge fire. Ted, who was 80, was a well-known organist and composer of the opera “Bitter Innocence”. He […]
The verdict is just in from the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, held over ten days at the Helsinki Music Centre. The winners are: 1st Prize €30,000: Sueye Park 2nd Prize €20,000: Minami Yoshida (Japan) 3rd […]
In partnership with Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera, Dutch National Opera has developed a new concert experience in a Purcell programme centred around his short opera Dido and Aeneas. This music from more than 300 years […]
