December 23, 2024
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Leonore to the Rescue in Amsterdam!

Leonore to the Rescue in Amsterdam!

Dutch National Opera’s production will be unlike any Fidelio you may have seen before. In Ukrainian stage director Andriy Zholdak’s version, Beethoven’s opera is depicted through symbols, video projections and spoken texts. A master of imagery, […]

Exclusive: Germans stop Roth

Exclusive: Germans stop Roth

Musicians in Cologne’s Gurzenich orchestra have been told that the contract of their French chief conductor, François-Xavier Roth, will be ended this month, a year ahead of schedule. Roth, 52, has gone into purdah after […]

UK conductor dies, 93

UK conductor dies, 93

Michael Graubart, who came to England as an eight year-old refugee from Nazi Vienna, has died after a long life of service to music and education. After first studying physics and working as an engineer […]