English National Opera turned a misfortune into a publicity coup when they were forced to seek a last-minute substitute for an ailing tenor a few days ago. No-one knew the part of Nemorino in English, so instead they found a...
Then find your way back with NMC's music map: music lovers could spend hours in these two amazing and little-publicised sites / Something for the weekend: a couple of sites that you could profitably lose a few idle hours ...
Baffled by ballet? The Ballet Bag is a brilliant blog that demystifies the world of tights and tutus. It's centred around the Royal Ballet, and the ever-accumulating posts about the individual works and dancers are a great help to those...
One of the hardiest musical myths to survive the test of time is the notion that Bach's music languished in obscurity from his death in 1750 until Mendelssohn's historic performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829. Certainly pianists had never ...
A new role for Francesca Zambello: the Wall Street Journal confirms that she's heading to the Glimmerglass Opera, which could well use a jolt of new energy.
The Grammy folks (that's the Recording Academy) showed up at Davies Symphony Hall tonight to formally present Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the SF Symphony and the SF Symphony Chorus with their three Grammy Awards for the ...
The Zander Fellowship is an endowed scholarship that was established in 1999 by the Boston Philharmonic’s Board of Directors on the occasion of Benjamin Zander’s 60th birthday, in recognition of a lifetime of contribution to the world of ...
