December 23, 2024
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Bayreuth shrinks its chorus, again

Bayreuth shrinks its chorus, again

The festival is making stringent economies. Before it began, Katharina Wagner said that, after cuts, the chorus would be maintained at 134 singers. Today, the festival website listed 118. Tobias Könemann of the Union of […]

Hilary Hahn is unwell

Hilary Hahn is unwell

The US violinist has cancelled next month’s European tour with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and conductor Thierry Fischer. She will be replaced by Roman Simovic, leader of the London Symphony Orchestra, in the Ginastera […]

So what next for JEG?

So what next for JEG?

In his rupture from the orchestras he founded, John Eliot Gardiner made it clear he is not ready to retire. He said: For the avoidance of doubt, I am not in any sense ready to […]