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The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has announced the departure of CEO Thomas Schmidt-Ott at the end of the present season. He took on the job in lockdown in 2020 and is leaving at his own request. […]

Jo Davies has departed as artistic director after 18 months in the job, and a few days before she was to announce the next season. Insiders say she had a fractious meeting with OA chief […]

Salzburg today declared 98.2 percent ticket sales. Bayreuth put up sold-out notices. Lucerne has yet to announce but it’s clear that the elite festivals are back where they were before Covid. Which is good for […]

England on Fire – BalletBoyz Click here for subscription tv tickets BalletBoyz bring together a kaleidoscopic group of some of the UK’s hottest talent for their most daring and politically charged production yet. With stunning […]

This week’s free Opera of the Week on slippedisc.com courtesy of OperaVision,is Il barbiere di Siviglia from Stockholm. Inspired by commedia dell’arte, this production of Rossini’s comic masterpiece from Royal Swedish Opera is not only […]

Two and a half years since the conductor Vasily Petrenko left Russia over the Putin invasion of Ukraine, the authorities have finally replaced him at the head of the Svetlanov symphony Orchestra. The new baton […]

We have received this message from the co-chair of the Camden branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Dear Mr Lebrecht I’m an admirer of your Slipped Disc news outlet but I’m writing now to let […]

I cannot remember an instance when a major festival ordered its entire chorus to reaudition. The Bayreuth press office, however, insists it is entirely routine. Anyone who would like to continue singing in the choir […]

This is the letter that went out to professors and employees at the Cleveland Institute of Music, telling them their pay and jobs are to be cut while the boss Paul Hogle (pic) takes home […]

From the nation’s leading orchestra of substitutes: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Appoint Alexander Velinzon as New First Associate Concertmaster. A BSO Member Since 2000, Velinzon Has Been Associate Concertmaster Since 2015. Velinzon Will […]