The Royal Opera has notified Friends that they will not be allowed to attend the general rehearsal of Die Walküre on April 25. Aggrieved Friends asked us why. Here’s the official reply: The Friends haven’t been […]
The 2025/6 programme was rolled out this morning under the enigmatic Sartrean slogan: ‘Man is what he makes of himself.’ Here goes: PREMIERES OF THE BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER 2025–26 THE ENGLISH CAT The first premiere of […]
Message from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra: It was our great honour to dedicate Saturday’s Lamb & Vale Jan. Appointed as Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s first professional concertmaster in 1992, Jan van den Berg made an indelible mark […]