The ultimate refugee composer
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Don’t try to pin an adjective to Gerhard: he transcends them all. The son of a Swiss-German father and an Alsatian mother, born in Spanish Catalonia, he studied […]
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Alastair Macaulay: This Swan Lake is a work in progress
From our ballect critic: Georgian State Ballet Swan Lake 2024.viii.30 by Alastair Macaulay The ballerina Nina Ananiashvili – a Georgian who starred with the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow and American Ballet Theatre and gave memorable […]
Berlin orchestra chief quits
The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has announced the departure of CEO Thomas Schmidt-Ott at the end of the present season. He took on the job in lockdown in 2020 and is leaving at his own request. […]
Huge break up at Opera Australia
Jo Davies has departed as artistic director after 18 months in the job, and a few days before she was to announce the next season. Insiders say she had a fractious meeting with OA chief […]
Big-beast feativals are back on top
Salzburg today declared 98.2 percent ticket sales. Bayreuth put up sold-out notices. Lucerne has yet to announce but it’s clear that the elite festivals are back where they were before Covid. Which is good for […]
Ruth Leon recommends… England on Fire – BalletBoyz
England on Fire – BalletBoyz Click here for subscription tv tickets BalletBoyz bring together a kaleidoscopic group of some of the UK’s hottest talent for their most daring and politically charged production yet. With stunning […]
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Prom 50: Two rarities and a classic from Jakub Hrůša and Czech Philharmonic
Dvorák: Piano Concerto – Mao Fujita, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hruša – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Vítězslava Kaprálová: Military Sinfonietta, Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Mao […]
Sommernachtskonzert 2024: Davidsen & Nelsons
The annual Wiener Philharmoniker concert in the idyllic surroundings of Schönbrunn Palace (Schloß Schönbrunn) is a much-anticipated event. It is released annually by Sony, and the last one covered by Classical Explorer was the 2021 […]
A Barber veers to male bonding
This week’s free Opera of the Week on slippedisc.com courtesy of OperaVision,is Il barbiere di Siviglia from Stockholm. Inspired by commedia dell’arte, this production of Rossini’s comic masterpiece from Royal Swedish Opera is not only […]
Russia replaces Vasily Petrenko
Two and a half years since the conductor Vasily Petrenko left Russia over the Putin invasion of Ukraine, the authorities have finally replaced him at the head of the Svetlanov symphony Orchestra. The new baton […]
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