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The French Sovrintendente of Teatro alla Scala, ousted by a xenophobic new law, has signed on for his next position. Dominique Meyer, 69, is required to give up in Milan on turning 70 next year. […]

The Voice of the Turtle – Jermyn Street Theatre This week’s welcome discovery is a play with a happy ending. Maybe I shouldn’t have told you that. Maybe I just should have said that John van […]

At the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester they are setting their fees low: Salary Grade: £44.30 to £54.44 per hour (dependent on experience) (pending Pay Review) Closing date: 12 Noon, Tuesday 6th August […]

There is uproar in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra where three musicians have been fired and others have been ordered to reaudition. Those dismissed are a flute player, clarinet and trumpet. The orders of dismissal and […]

‘Is is about masturbating while thinking about God?’ wonders the ABC producer about Hildegard von Bingen. Watch here. The post ABC Classics discusses fenmale orgasms in classiclal music appeared first on Slippedisc.

A new video from Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall shows a rare performance of an 1893 Polonaise by the future founder of the Polish state, Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Unexpectedly in these confrontational times, it is played […]

From the 5* Lebrecht Album of the Week: … In twelve and a half minutes, Yundi Li gives Mozart a total makeover. This is the most refreshing and innovative Mozart pianism I have heard in […]

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor have sent a visual protest to Arts Cancel England (ACE) over its cuts to Northern Ballet that have left artists dancing to a pre-recorded tape. The […]

The former German chancellor, a regular worshipper at the Wagner festival, has let it be known she is taking this year off. No reason given. She has missed only one opening night in 16 years. […]

Sources in and around the New York Philharmonic are filling in some of the gaps around the abrupt departure of Gary Ginstling as president and CEO, just a year after taking office. Ginstling, they say, […]