Bayreuth sells out
For the first time this decade, the Bayreuth Festival has sold 100 percent of its tickets. Festival spokesman Hubertus Herrmann told the German Press Agency that there had been a few seats left for Parsifal […]
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Yunchan Lim wows the Proms with muted intensity
Two members of the audience collapsed in the first half of last night’s BBC Prom concert. The air-conditioning at the Royal Albert Hall was on full-blast but the atmosphere in the pit was choking. And […]
Rome books Netrebko
The Russian state agency Tass reports that Anna Netrebko will star in a new Tosca production in Rome on January 14. The date and place are freighted with significance. Tosca received its premiere on January […]
Review: A prophet with some honour
Roving critic Susan Hall has been to see Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète at Bard College, its first US staging in almost half a century. Worth the wait? by Susan Hall Leon Botstein regularly produces musical works […]
Pianist claims Venezuela regime uses Sistema as cover for its crimes
A letter from the international pianist Gabriela Montero: Today, the Maduro criminal regime tries to claim yet another stolen election in my homeland of Venezuela, despite overwhelming evidence that they lost by large margins. They […]
Breaking: 2 in 3 of his musicians say they want John Eliot Gardiner back
We have received a statement claiming to represent 123 musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras. It reads: We, musicians of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras (MCO) are deeply saddened to learn that our founder […]
The Lebrecht Interview returns to BBC Radio 3
After a nine-year hiatus, I am returning to Radio 3 this Saturday to present the first of a new series of Lebrecht Interviews with leading figures in the music world. My first subject is Michael […]
Why a composer is loved over there, and not over here
I find it rather uplifting that, in a global market, a great composer can be revered in one section of the world and totally ignored in the rest. It is entirely to the credit of […]
Thomas Allen has sung his last performance
An epoch has ended. Alastair Macaulay reports from Glyndebourne: Tonight, the British baritone Thomas Allen, aged seventy-nine, announced from the Glyndebourne stage that this had been his final performance; I wish I had been there. […]
A soprano turns sour
The US soprano Alessandra Marc is getting a little overheated about the upcoming election. Her latest social media spouts include: IF YOU’RE STUPID AND GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR KAMALA , YOU AND ALL YOUR […]
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