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Biz news: Top UK soprano shops boutique

Biz news: Top UK soprano shops boutique

The exceptional soprano Louise Alder has given up on big management at AskonasHolt. She signed this morning with Maria Mot’s boutique (est. 2020), where she joins Gerald Finley, Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso, Huw Montague […]

Job vacancy at English National Opera

Job vacancy at English National Opera

ENO, which is shedding its orchestra in the move away from London, is advertising for an oerchestra manager. Should be an interesting job. The English National Opera (ENO) is inviting applications for the role of […]

Academy uproar: Weimar shuts down early music

Academy uproar: Weimar shuts down early music

The Council and Senate of the Weimar University of Music decided last night to close the Institute for Early Music. It’s not just Oxford and Cambridge that have devalued music studies. Weimar is reallocating its […]

A woman staged an opera in America in 1935

A woman staged an opera in America in 1935

Delighted to see a piece of original research by conductor-scholar (and exNYT critic) Will Crutchfield published in this weekend’s NY Times. Historians try to be precise, so it is awkward to admit that I can’t […]

America names 11 music ambassadors

America names 11 music ambassadors

The emissaries named on Monday by the State Department are  Herbie Hancock, Denyce Graves, Chuck D, Lainey Wilson, Justin Tranter, Teddy Swims, Armani White, Jellyroll, Breland, Kane Brown and Grace Bowers. Apparently, ‘In their work, […]

Munich gets new orchestra chief

Munich gets new orchestra chief

The Munich Philharmonic, which recently installed Lahav Shani as chief conductor, also has a new CEO. Paul Müller is departing after 16 years. His successor next year will be Florian Wiegand, presently director of concerts […]

Brigitte Fassbender, 85 today

Brigitte Fassbender, 85 today

The versatile German mezzo-soprano is midway through her second career as an opera and festival director. She has engagements until 2029 and has not completely given up thought of singing again, she says. The Lebrecht […]

Exclusive: CBSO’s anti-semitic adviser

Exclusive: CBSO’s anti-semitic adviser

The chief executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Emma  Stenning, has appointed a Community Board of local leaders and activists. The Board, in her words, is A group designed to build connections with […]