The Russian premiere of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Salambo was suspended for an hour while its conductor Valery Gergiev popped out to attend to other duties across town. Inexplicable,and unprofessional. Here’s what the Telegram channel reports: […]
Musicians union Local 802 has chosen Broadway trombonist Robert Suttmann as its unopposed new president. He succeeds harpist Sara Cutler who, in 18 months, nailed major news deals at the New York Philharmonic and New […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, A friend of mine at conservatory has the hots for our teacher. She flirts with him all of the time, and he has started to respond positively. He is […]
Talking to Zsolt Bognar on Living the Classical Life, the British cellist thinks classical musicians should get out more. Concert halls are fine, he says, but a bar is where you meet different types. When […]
The home of Italian opera had a last-minute cast change in Forza del Destino last night. The US tenor Brian Jagde, himself a late substitute for Jonas Kaufmann, left Milan before last night’s performance to […]
The German violinist Roberta Verna will start a trial year as first concertmaster of Deutsche Oper Berlin in September. Verna, 26, was previously with the Copenhagen Philharmonic. Before that, she was with Bavarian State Opera. […]
Message from the Adelphi Quartet: It is with a heavy heart that we announce the end of an era for us as the Adelphi Quartet. After seven unforgettable years of music-making, we’ve made the decision […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: It’s 30 years since I heard Gyorgy Ligeti explain why he was allowing his first string quartet to be performed after four decades lying in a drawer. The […]
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Click here for tickets No, please, not The Nutcracker again. I know, it’s the season, but there can’t be a 10-year old girl on either side of the Atlantic who hasn’t been […]
The Spanish-American violinist Francisco Fullana has been named Artistic Advisor of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Starting as he means to continue, Fullana opens in March with a conductorless week of works by Glass, Piazzolla […]
