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The Raiders of the Lost Tomb version. It’s here.   The post Want to hear the Met’s deadly Aida? appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message from a frustrated reader: Dear Mr Lebrecht, I recently created a small concert series with my sister, Harriet Mackenzie (https://harrietmackenzie.com/) presenting some legendary pieces of classical repertoire. In order to promote our series we […]

The billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne has promised to give 300 million euros to build a new opera house. The city has allocated a site. But the bureaucrats are dithering over small print and the donor, 87, […]

The New Zealand composer and musicologist Martin Lodge has died, aged 70, of a brain tumour. He advanced the study of Maori music at the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Waikato.     […]

Schubert at the Wigmore Hall One of my best Christmas presents this year came from Wigmore Hall which made this beautiful selection of sublime songs available to us, the audience, free, this week. The live […]

In collaboration with Camerata Nuova, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and a jury of esteemed opera professionals, Opera Europa and Slippedisc are delighted to announce the fourteenth edition of the European Opera-directing Prize (EOP). The EOP is […]

The way we were. The President introduces a pianist’s anniversary recital. Unmissable.   The post Watch: Horowitz plays White House recital for Jimmy Carter appeared first on Slippedisc.

Helsinki’s Finlandia Hall will reopen tomorrow after three years of refurbishment. Designed by Alvar Aalto, the landmark venue has been reconfigured as an all-day venue, with restaurants and other facilities, including two Aalto-designed apartments for […]

Enrique Bordolini, Technical Director of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, died on Monday at 75. Bordolini’s remarkable career at Teatro Colón began in 1964. He was a master of stagecraft and theatrical lighting, serving as […]

The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of  ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics.     The post English luthier […]