Our agony aunt has freelanced in the Berlin Phil and knows the situation from the inside. Dear Alma, I am a young musician trying to get a foothold on a career. I am still in […]
The restless David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for the past 24 years, was named last night principal conductor of the Apollo Orchestra of Washington DC. Earlier this month Chan was appointed director […]
Oscar Wilde’s 170th Birthday In the West End theatre season of 1895, the playwright Oscar Wilde had three plays running simultaneously in the West End. Lady Windermere’s Fan came first, in 1892, A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1894). He […]