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Dear Alma You may remember I wrote to you a while back about losing my job in music teaching as a result of a ‘minor offence’ – which should not have warranted a bar to […]

Composer Michael Shapiro has sent us this obituary for Adam Abeshouse, whose funeral takes place today, hours before Yom Kippur: Exemplary recording producer, engineer, and classical violinist Adam Abeshouse, 63, passed away from pancreatic cancer […]

Here’s the trailer to an operatic scandal that dominates page 3 of today’s London Times: And this is the naked dance in Act 2, t some of Hindy’s most spiritual musings: Take a breath. Here’s […]

Liz Mohn Foundation’s Neue Stimmen singing competition is one of the world’s most important events for promoting emerging talent. Past winners such as Vesselina Kasarova, Franco Fagioli, Marina Rebeka and Elsa Dreisig testify that those who […]

Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna has hit the British tabloids after audience members complained of sickness and fainting at the sight of rollerskating naked nuns and an actor pulling down Jesus Christ’s […]

Richard Harwood was principal of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra until last month. Today, he joined the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. In between he joined the Royal College as professor. That’s a lot of bow movement. […]

The board of Astral Artists, a Philadelphia agency, have ordered its closure after being unable to raise more funds. Astral, founded in 1992, pursued engagements for young artists without taking commission. Among its proteges were […]

Deutsch Oper Berlin has learned of the death, last Thursday, of the international set and costume designer Gottfried Pilz. Pilz, who retired two years ago, was 80. Austrian born, he flourished in Berlin alongside Götz […]

The great Finnish conductor died yesterday, aged 80. Record producer Robert von Bahr: ‘He was a totally unique figure, and possibly the most talented musician I have ever met – pianist, violinist, composer, conductor, recorder […]

Page 6 in the NY Post – not the first pace you’d turn to for opera reviews – has a speech made by Peter Gelb at a private fundraiser, lambasting Zachary Wolfe of the NY […]