Violinist carries torch

We hear that Wasfi Kani at Grange Park Opera has engaged the orchestra of English National Opera for her forthcoming Ring cycle, which opens next summer with Rheingold. This is a brilliant swoop, employing an […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If you are about to step into a warm bath, put one of these on the player and submerse your January body in a fantasy world that never […]

The only man ever to be titled creative director at the BBC, Alan Yentob held editorial control of serious arts on television. Yentob, who has died of oesophigal cancer at the age of 78, made […]