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Hermes Helfricht, Kapellmeister of Oper Bonn, is to be the next GMD of Theater Hagen, in the Ruhr. Helfricht, 32, succeeds Joseph Trafton, who’s from Kentucky. So it goes. The post Jobs for boys: Bonn […]

The Minnesota Orchestra’s president and CEO has jumped ship. Michelle Miller Burns, who has led the orchestra since 2018 and delivered a smooth change of music director, has been made CEO and president of the […]

What Is Jazz? Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme Thanks to my friend Adele who found this priceless clip online, here is 3 minutes and 3 seconds of pure jazz gold. I don’t need to explain […]

A Beethoven sonata, unusual for her. The post Time for Yuja? appeared first on Slippedisc.

In an interview in today’s Times, the Welsh singer announces herself as executive producer on The King of Covent Garden, directed by her husband, Andrew Levitas. Anthony Hopkins will play Georg Frideric Handel. Jenkins does […]

Review by Susan Hall: Davone Tines, a premier bass-baritone, channels a hero, Paul Robeson, at the Little Island Amphitheater in New York. Robeson had a rich, sonorous bass. Tines defines his own voice as a […]

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Royal Ballet Click here to subscribe (Subscription includes unlimited access to the Royal Opera House library of more than 80 ballets and operas) At a garden party on a sunny […]

HarrisonParrott have nailed down Samuel Lee, Korean winner of the Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen. Lee, 34, is Associate Conductor at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The post Malko winner gets signed appeared first on Slippedisc.

It’s Asmik Grigorian with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conductor Mikko Franck. The post Watch 4 Last Songs – latest and loveliest appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message from Cincinnati Opera: As you may be aware, there was a police incident outside Music Hall on Thursday, June 27, just as our opening night performance of La Traviata (pic) was about to begin. […]