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Dear Alma, I am in a master’s program (4 semesters total), and my professor just announced her sabbatical for all of next semester. This was not communicated at the time of application or at all […]

Make ‘Em Laugh – Donald O’Connor There’s lots of competition for the greatest dancers in movies – think Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire – and many for the funniest scenes – think Marx Brothers, […]

The well-known singer and voice professor Dominik Wortig died yesterday after a traffic accident. His death was made known today by his husband, the tenor Boris Leisenheimer. A soloist at Theater Hagen, Wortig performed also […]

The Dutchman Arjan Tien has been named Principal  Conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, starting next year. He has also been appointed Associate Professor of music at the Stellenbosch University. Tien, 57, is presently […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first thing anyone learns about Galina Ustvolskaya is that her composition teacher, Dmitri Shostakovich, asked to marry her in the early 1950s. She rejected him, saying once […]

From Fabio Luisi: It is not a question of age, but a question of health. Maestro Blomstedt is the perfect example. I would like to remember my teacher, Milan Horvat: he was no star, but […]

Alterations  Click here to subscribe to the National Theatre Alterations is not a new play. Originally produced in 1978, Michael Abbensetts’ seminal work illuminates the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the […]

Since its premiere in 1901, Dvořák’s Rusalka has been one of the most beloved and most performed Czech operas, not only thanks to its beautiful music but also Jaroslav Kvapil’s poetic and richly symbolic libretto. This […]

We hear that Paul Mann, who is Principal Guest Conductor with the Lviv National Philharmonic, has been conducting there throughout the war. Every time he goes, Paul donates his fee to the orchestra.   The […]

Our resident critic Alastair Macaulay is spending most of his summer at the Royal Albert Hall: by Alastair Macaulay Let’s hear it for the term “semi-staged”! On Monday 1 September, English National Opera presented Shostakovich’s […]