Delftware? Having a frantic day? Thoughts racing. Too many tasks remain unfinished? Can’t rest? Can’t sleep? Can’t stop the ringing phone or incessant texts? Can’t stop? Try watching this. It’s the best unwinding tool […]
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has confirmed the British musician Sam Jacobs as its principal horn. He has previously held that post at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony. The post Sydney names […]
The Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča has pulled out of the Berlin State Opera’s run of Parsifal with illness. She will miss at least the two opening performances of the Easter-month run. Tanja Ariane Baumgartner jumps […]
Reports are coming in of the death of the Mexican tenor Juan Del Bosco, founder of the Morelia International Summer Opera Festival. A graduate of Manhattan School of Music, Juan sang major opera roles at […]
We’re hearing the Lise Martel, third violin soloist at the Opera National de Paris for the past ten years, has been chosen as concertmaster at the Opera de Lyon. The post New concertmaster at Lyon […]
You have to hand it to Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the Swiss-Moldavian soloist. She’s just made Ligeti and the western world even more macabre. And you won’t be seeing this virtuoso performance at the Kennedy Center any […]
From the New York Post: … An internationally-renowned Long Island music store sold valuable bass (instruments) on consignment — and failed to give the owners the millions in proceeds, according to a pair of lawsuits. […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I am a member of a small vocal group. One of our administrative staff has just left for another job, and I am a member of the selection […]
The next director of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw is to be the stage designer Boris Kudlička, a regular participant in its productions for 30 years. Kudlička, 53, worked with outgoing director Mariusz Treliński […]
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