Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision, travels to a European festival that is something of a hidden gem: Rossini in Wildbad in Germany’s Black Forest. Friday night’s production of Rossini’s sparkling medieval ballad, Le Comte Ory, includes […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bridge Theatre Click here for tickets Before the summer is over, here’s a dreamy version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Deep in the magical forest a feuding King and Queen […]
Martin Leginus yesterday resigned as music director of the Slovak National Theatre, against a backdrop of Government interference. Leginus is a close friend of Robert Jindra, who quit as chiec conductor of the Kosice State […]
The Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is paying respects to long-serving violinist Eberhard Wangemann, who has died at the age of 104. Described as ‘an exemplary person and musician who made invaluable contributions to the orchestra,’ Wangemann […]
The state record label Melodiya is building a vinyl pressing plant in Novosibirsk, local media report. Opening in the spring the aim is to press 100,000 LPs a year, about one-third of the present domestic […]
Primo Artists has added composer-conductor Joel Thompson to its roster. He joins Wynton Marsalis and Valerie Coleman on the New York-based list. Primo’s founder Charlotte Lee says: ‘Joel Thompson is a brilliant composer and humanist, […]
The Sarasota Orchestra has chosen Giancarlo Guerrero as its next music director from 2025, succeeding Bramwell Tovey, who died two years ago. Guerrero, 55, from Nicaragua, is also music director in Nashville, Tennessee, where he […]
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, My standpartner is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump. He is constantly bringing up politics, even though he is aware that I don’t share his views in the […]
The French soloist Hélène Grimaud has been replaced on both of the past two nights with the Basel Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival and the Swiss Tannay Festival. She will also miss the rest […]
The Amsterdam theatre group ITA has dismissed the Belgian director Ivo van Hove, following reports of ‘unacceptable behaviour’ under his leadership. Van Hove, 65, resigned last year as artistic director but retained a €145,000 salary […]
