classical

The Vienna State Opera has posted a death notice for Lilly Scheuermann, its principal ballerina for a very long spell, 1972 to 1990. Lilly, who danced often with Rudolf Nureyev, died this week, aged 79. […]

Jessica Duchen has an eye-catching provocation in the former Independent newspaper, suggesting there is pressure on soloists to be sleek and slinky. The strapline reads: ‘In all the concerts I’ve attended this year, I haven’t […]

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 This exhibition, Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, examines an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of Sienese artists—including Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini—in […]

The world according to conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza, author of What’s So Great About America: Someone should run up to the front and yank this self-serving conductor out of there. She’s ruining it! It’s not […]

A partnership has been rolled out between Apple Classical and the indy chamber music venue Kings Place. Press release: Platoon Presents at Kings Place is a brand-new creative partnership forged by two pioneering organisations – […]

We’re hearing that cello professor Melissa Kraut has told her class she is leaving the Cleveland Institute of Music at the end of the present school year. The exodus continues. The executive digs in. The […]

On David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly, soprano Angel Blue relates how she discovered in fourth grade that her voice could affect people. he tells David what she does backstage and how she gets known as ‘the […]

Three arthouses in New York and five in Los Angeles have been named for the film’s release tonight. The reason to secure big screens for the film, before it goes to Netflix, is so that […]

The Almeida director Rupert Goold has been named artistic director of the iconic Old Vic theatre, succeeding Matthew Warchus. Goold, 52, has staged several musicals, but no opera. The post Old Vic names new boss […]