San Diego’s symphony hall, the Jacobs Music Center, is reopening this weekend after extensive refurbishment with Mahler’s second symphony.
As an unusual prelude to the ribbon cutting, music director Rafael Payare took the oath of US citizenship.
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The Wagner Festival was supposed to celebrate 150 years since its 1876 foundation with a blaze of glory. Instead, tightened budgets and lower attendance this year have prompted a rethink. The 2026 season, announced yesterday, […]
The idea is to reflect each of the years of the first quarter of the 21st century. The works will premiere on Tom Service’s Saturday Morning programme from January 25. Anna Clyne (pic) has chosen […]
Good to see more Respighi to add to Classical Explorer‘s collection: we already have La Bella dormente, we recently covered the first video incarnaion of the opera (or is it an oratorio?) Maria Egiziaca, and […]
