Shocking news has arrived of the death of Pierre Audi, director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and one of the most influential creators of new works of opera. Pierre, who died in Beijing without warning during […]
Michael Zev Gordn at site of his grandfather’s murder in Summer 1941 (image from DW video). Any human calamity raises thoughts about how such events might be referred to in music, and how an essentially […]
Theatre-goers leaving the Haus für Mozart with Festung Hohensalzburg in the background. A final goodbye to this year’s Salzburg Festival, I had an amazing five days, taking in three operas and two concerts, including hearing both […]