classical music

The family of Joe Corbett have posted sad news of his death: “It is with deep sorrow and heartbreak that we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved Joe Corbett (Opera Singer), in London after […]

We have received depressing reports of the shrunken state of the Teatro Colon, South America’s foremost opera house.  Next season contains just six operas, the following season five. The conductors – Beatrice Venezi and Zoe […]

It’s ‘the only way I can travel without feeling guilty,’ says gamba player Sarah Small. From a BBC News report: A musician has completed a 10-week cycling tour of Great Britain with her beloved viola […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … The contrast flows back and forth, almost to the point of incoherence. It takes a truly great composer to throw up his hands and say, I don’t […]

Our agony aunt’s mailbag this week is bulging with ‘take me home’ cries: Dear Alma, I am a 16 year old violinist at a summer music camp. We have been here for 2 weeks and […]

The headline in Vienna’s Die Presse on Matthias Davids’s new production at the 2025 Bayreuth Festival reads: ‘As if Monty Python had been the inspiration for the “Meistersinger”. Why does that cliché ring a bell? […]

At yesterdday’s opening of the Salzburg Festival, a speech by Minister of Culture Andreas Babler at the Felsenreitschule was interrupted by shouts of “Stop the genocide” and “Free Gaza now”, and the unfurl;ing of banners. The […]

 The Gospel at Colonus has built a fervent following over the past four decades or so. This superlative take on Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s gospel retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus boasts a powerhouse […]

Message from the international pianist: Dear Vueling Airlines, I am writing to express my deep shock and outrage regarding the incident that occurred on July 23, 2025, involving your staff and a group of fifty […]