The Met’s general manager informs BR-Klassik that he has commissioned a new opera titled ‘The Mothers of Kherson’. He adds: ‘For a long time, no one thought this could happen. Everyone believed it was just […]
Opera Rara’s Donizetti Song Project is the latest in their alchemical mix of musicology and performance. But why say with Volume Four first? Because recently we heard Bellini’s La straniella (see this post), and Donizetti […]
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has promoted violinist Catherine Arlidge to the role of director of artistic planning. It has been a turbulent year for the CBSO. Arlidge is presently Sub Principal Second Violin […]