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Gianfranco Mariotti, who founded the Rossini Opera Festival at Pesaro in 1980, died yesterday at the age of 91. He was Sovrintendente of the festival for 38 seasons, stepping down in 2017. He put Pesaro […]

Yesterday was the deadline for applying for voluntary redundancies at Welsh National Opera. From today, cost-cutting officials will be issuing redundancy notices with the aim of reducing a once-proud chorus to a payroll of twenty. […]

The Berkeley Symphony has announced that Joseph Young will leave next summer after six years as music director. Young, 42, is also artistic director at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Berkeley was his first orchestra. […]

Morley College, an adult education institute that once gave employment to German-Jewish refugees, has stepped in to ban a concert of pro-Palestine new music with such titles as ‘Salute to the Resistance’ and ‘Blood United […]

The Liceu in Barcelona has tweeted news of the death of soprano Enriqueta Tarrés, one of the frontline singers of her time. After making her debut at the Liceu aged 23, she joined the Basel […]

Agnes Baltsa, who turned 80 this week,was snapoped up by Karajan for Vienna and Salzburg at the age of 25. She became the foremost Carmen of her time, but she learned very quickly to manage […]

Dear Octopus – National Theatre at Home Click here for tickets The writer Dodie Smith  is best known for her children’s novel 101 Dalmations, a love letter to her own dogs, and also for I Capture The […]

The tenor hath posted: For family reasons, I am forced to cancel my participation in the production of Verdi’s “La forza del Destino”, which will open the Teatro alla Scala’s 2024/25 season on December 7th. […]

The conductor writes: The great violinist, György Pauk died today. This is a terrible loss to all musicians, music lovers. I send my deepest condolences to Zsuzsi, his wife and to all family members, friends, […]

Bar Avni, winner of the Maestra competition, was caught short yesterday by an air-raid warning in Tel Aviv and took shelter in a safe space. Bar is presently conducting two concerts with the Israel Symphony […]