The composer Thomas Hertel, former music director of Dresden State Theatre, died on Monday after a long illness. Hertel, who was 73, suffered restrictions under Communism and left for West Germany in 1985, finding work […]
In today’s budget statement in Cardiff there was a derisory increase of £1.5 million for the Arts Council of Wales. That will barely cover the rise in coffee prices. The chorus of Welsh National Opera […]
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has developed an Audio2MIDI link to convert audio recordings into musical scores. The service works in Telegram. To use it, you need to launch the Audio2MIDI bot , click “Start”, […]
The classical guitarist David Chevallier has announced the death from cancer of his beloved wife, international soprano Anne Magouët. After 6 years of a tough fight against cancer, Anne Magouët, my wife, my muse, turned […]
Katharina Wagner has said she’s ‘disappointed’ at having to cut four operas from the anniversary season of 2026. ‘But what can you do? You can’t ignore reality.’ She blames national wage rises for the shortfall. […]
From the family and friends of Emily Hoh: We are hosting a memorial concert to celebrate the life of our beloved daughter, sister and friend, collaborative pianist Yining Emily Hoh, who passed away on the […]
The death has belatedly been brought to our attention of Jeannette Sinclair, principal soprano at the Royal Opera House from 1956 to 1966. She died on April 11, her 96th birthday. Jeannette sang Sister Constance […]
The orchestra’s main suppporter, the Zell family, put in an extra fifty mill yesterday to ‘to secure long-term financial stability.’ They must be feeling pretty secure this morning around Symphony Center. Here’s the official announcement: […]
Hey-ho, what else is new? The premiere of the ballet Paquita was cancelled on December 5 , half an hour after it should have started. Further performances on December 6 and 8 were also blacked […]
The Welsh-Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw, currently singing Tosca at Covent Garden, let it be known this morning that she is leaving Intermusica for more personal management. She will be represented for general management by Kristin […]
