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Grange Park Opera is about to release casting and tickets for the first episode of its Ring cycle. Das Rheingold will run from 14 June to 10 July 2026. Members of the Ring Ring get […]

The New York Philharmonic has a debutant conductor tonight and through the weekend. Juanjo Mena has called in ‘indisposed’ (to quote the jargon). His replacement is Brett Mitchell of the Psadena Symphony who, in his […]

Famed for her recording of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras #5, Maria Lucia Godoy held the status of national singer in Brazil, performing at state occasions, investitures and funerals. Maria Lucia Godoy died today, aged 100. The […]

From our resident reviewer: The Russian-Ukrainian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky is a divided soul. In February 2024, he created “Solitude”, to two movements from Mahler symphonies, for New York City Ballet. In February 2025, he made, […]

The last director of the Orchestre régional de Normandie, Pierre-François Roussillon, has died a few months after his orchestra was defunded. Son of a famous actor at the Comédie Française, Pierre-Francois was a solo clarinetist […]

The Netherlands Bach Society has named Cecilia Bernardini as its new concermaster, starting next season. Bernardini, 41, is Dutch-Italian and a frequent guest with the high-octane Bach outfit. She is also co-artistic director of the Freiburger […]

Orthodox rabbi Jeremy Rosen went to see the Verdi spectacular and dissents from the Met’s production in his weekly sermon: The music, the sets, the choreography was superb. Only one thing got in the way […]

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra rolled out Simon Rattle’s third season this morning. It features a call-out to amateur orchestras across Bavaria to join the orchestra in the great big sing-a-ding, culminating in Carmina Burana. […]

At his concert last night in Manchester, Bruce Springsteen did not mince his words. He told the English crowd: ‘In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a […]

The Gerhswins Michael Feinstein is a beloved cabaret performer, pianist, singer and conductor whose encyclopaedic knowledge of, and performance of, the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, among many others, has entertained us for many […]