Watch: Robot plays cello solo with orchestra

We have been notified of the death of Peter Strummer, master of 120 roles and a memorable cast member of leading US opera companies. By some mishap he sang only two roles at the Met. […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first thing anyone learns about Galina Ustvolskaya is that her composition teacher, Dmitri Shostakovich, asked to marry her in the early 1950s. She rejected him, saying once […]

1984 is a 1956 film loosely based on Orwell’s novel. This is the first cinema rendition of the story, directed by Michael Anderson, and starring Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave. ​Both audio […]