The reception for Milo Rau’s Deutsche Oper production of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman could hardly have been angrier: “What a mess” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), “Wagner debacle” (Berliner Zeitung), “A lot of ...

Following recent cancellations due to poor health in Florence, Vienna, Munich and Israel, Zubin Mehta was determined to fulfill his commitment to conduct the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra on 23rd ...

Wherever Placido happened to be, for six decades Peter Hofstötter was never far away. Many’s the time he delegated enquiries with, ‘just ask Peter’. We saw each other just a few days ago in Vienna, ...

Obituary by Freddy Verschaffel, Ghent, 16 October 2026: ...

There is no film in existence of the extraordinary Maria Yudina, sometimes known as ‘Stalin’s favourite pianist’. Denis Zhdanov has pieced together a portrait from surviving photos and recordings.

Emerson Eads, Director Of Choral Studies at Southern Illinois University, has a fine podcast with gists of distinction. His latest is the distinguished soprano Sylvia McNair, who speaks candidly about ...

As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/£59 a year. The billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson has ...

Tippett’s misfortune was to be constantly compared to his contemporary Benjamin Britten, and forever to be found wanting. Where Britten was precise, disciplined and economical, Tippett was all over ...

The Austrian Foreign Ministry has been telling local media that it is ‘providing intensive support’ to the Georgian bass singer Paata Burchuladze, who is facing trial in Tbilisi for speaking at ...

The Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg lost its Austrian president Rainer Kotzian on Friday after a months-long campaign by a ...

Seven hours after final curtain, the review is in the London Times, by Emma Hoffman. She thinks it’s got legs.

Message received: The Academy of St Martin in the Fields has completed its acquisition of the London Festival Orchestra, which owns The Warehouse, Waterloo – one of London’s most vital rehearsal and ...