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Conductor steps back in New Zealand
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (92+ words) The Auckland Philharmonia has informed us that its music director, Giordano Bellincampi, will become Laureate in 2027 afte 12 years in the position. Bellincampi, 61, is an Italian who moved to Denmark and made his way as a player in the Royal Danish…...
Bayreuth's Senta jumps ship
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (64+ words) The Norwegian soprano Elisabeth Teige has left Hilbert Artist Management after just three years to jpin AskonasHolt. Teige, 45, will be singing Wagner roles this season in Amsterdam, Munich and Madrid. She sang Senta in Bayreuth’s Flying Dutchman this summer. Robert…...
Just in: Opera North names German music director
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (68+ words) The company, based in Leeds, has chosen Patrick Lange to succeed Garry Walker, who departs after almost a decade in 2028. Lange, 45, has been Generalmusikdirektor in Wiesbaden and a guest conductor in major German houses. For the second time in her…...
Zubin will attend, not conduct, season opener
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (128+ words) Slipped Disc Zubin will attend, not conduct, season opener For the second time in her long-running litigation⦠The Greek-born German researcher Constantin Floros has died⦠A request for information that I raised on⦠The Detroit Symphny Orchestra has eliminated three…...
Sydney mourns Con chief
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (142+ words) Slipped Disc Sydney mourns Con chief The death has been announced of the trombonist Ronald Smart, who taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from1975 and was its principal for two years in the 1990s. He established the Conâs first degree…...
Opera postpones season because bits are falling off
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (80+ words) The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has delayed it season opening by several weeks becuase ‘structural defects in the stage tower are jeopardizing performances.’ Madama Butterfly has been calcelled along with several nights of Meistersinger and Traviata. The city recently cancelled…...
Munich embraces Bridgerton music
1+ week, 4+ day ago (282+ words) This is a story of cultural fusion. The Munich Oktoberfest is an excuse to drink beer in leather pants. It plans to raise the tone this year by engaging a string quartet to play in the clinking background. The Netflix…...
Vienna Philharmonic vice-chair steps down
1+ week, 3+ day ago (96+ words) The violinist Alexander Steinberger is retiring as deputy chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic after more than 30 years on the orchestra’s governing committee, half of them as its second in command. Vienna born, Steinberger joined the orchestra of the state opera…...
Two Italian opera houses tussle over a principal viola
1+ week, 4+ day ago (88+ words) After sixteen years as a section violist at Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe Russo Rossi decided to pitch for a principal position. He applied to the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, followed by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence. He…...
Two opera stars quit Askonas Holt
1+ week, 4+ day ago (71+ words) The American soprano Nadine Sierra and the Polish countetenor Jakub Józef Orliński have just left the UK management firm with their agent. Both have gone with Solal del Castillo to his new boutique agency, based in New York. Solal has…...