classical

Tributes are flowing for the late Herbie Flowers, whose distinctive twang can be heard on recordings by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Elton John and, indelibly, on Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wild Side. Herbie learned […]

You may recall that the San Antonio Symphony was liquidated by its board, only to be revived by the musicians as the San Antonio Philharmonic. Sad to say. they are not a happy crew. Music […]

The Eva Marton singing competition in Budapest was won this weekend by a Korean tenor, Jihoon Park, 33. It was not without incident. Our man on the spot reports: In his semi-final Jihoon Park sang […]

The tenor is sick this week. Next week, he’s expected in the Bowl.# Soprano Diana Damrau writes: In less than a week, @tenorkaufmann and I will reunite once again to sing a program of operetta […]

The music faculty of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, have been informed that the department is to be eliminated at the end of the current academic year. Five full-time faculty and 17 part-time adjuncts will […]

A report from slippedisc.com by Susan Hall: The major event at New York’s Little Island this summer is an abbreviated version of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro with all seven roles sung by premier countertenor Anthony […]

The brilliant Bossa Nova pioneer has died in Los Angeles, aged 83. The cause, say his family, was long Covid. Mendes settled in the US in the 1960s amid political and military turbulence in Brazil […]

Forget the on-stage drama. San Francisco Opera has got itself into a knife-edge thrller with its orchestra musicians, who are out of contract. On Friday night, moments before Un Ballo in Maschera, the Orchestra agreed […]

Anthony Checchia, who played a vital role at Marlboro Music for nhalf a century, died this weekend, aged 94. His is survived by his wife, soprano Benita Valente and their son Peter. From the Marlboro […]

The death has been announced, after a long illness, of the drum professor Martin France. Using electronic and sequenced drums and percussion, France featured on more than 100 albums and appeared regularly in Hamburg with […]