Handel was in Rome in 1708 when he received a commission for a large sacred oratorio for Easter from Marquis Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, his patron at the time. La resurrezione was performed for the first time […]
Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord 2025 (2): La Roche Baroque (1): Handel and his Contemporaries La Risonanza. 12 noon, Église Saint Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 01.08.2025 Michel Correte Organ Concerto in F, Op. 25/6. Handel […]
It’s interesting to see a resurgence in Tchaikovsky’s relatively neglected Orchestral Suites in a smattering of recent new recordings. Newcomer Stanislav Kochanovsky recorded the Third with the NDR Radio Philharmonic for his debut on harmonia mundi, […]
In a lecture at the Voice Foundation, the diva pulled no punches. Here’s a sample: Given the climate right now for opera and classical music performance—which is what I know—I think there are far too […]
Met general manager Peter Gelb has told the Associated Press that Ryan Speedo Green, presently singing Die Walküre for the first time at Santa Fe, has been signed up to sing the central role of […]
Janos Gereben reports on SF Classical Voice: The San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center (WMPAC), the organization that runs the theaters and concert halls in San Francisco’s Civic Center, will add a new […]
The pinnacle of UK theatre is reducing is stage team from 24 to just seven as a cost-efficiency measure. There has been no outcry in national media and no threat of union action. It’s just […]
We gather that Martyn Brabbins, who resigned two years ago as music director of English National Opera in face of its dismemberment, has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of India, starting in […]
Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 (1): Opening Concert, Pirame et Thisbé A Nocte Temporis; Reinoud van Mechelen (high tenor / director). Église Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité, Périgord, France, 31.07.2025 Clérambault Cantatas: Apollon; La Jaloux; Pirame et Tisbé Jacquet de […]
I know it’s the silly season, but what could be sillier than this? The ‘Blumine’ movement dumped by Gustav Mahler from his first symphony is played by the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roland […]
