Kasper Holten, the Director of Opera at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden since 2011, has announced that he will be stepping down from this role in 2017.
Sydney audiences will be familiar with his work from his direction of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin for Opera Australia in 2014.
Read the feature in Gramophone.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 program is all about connection says Simone Young as she enters her fourth year as its Chief Conductor.
Recording label Eloquence has launched a new website EloquenceClassics.com. The world-wide label established in 1999 is dedicated to the reissue of a vast backlog of recordings, the focus being on recordings not yet released beyond their vinyl format. The label has nearly 1000 titles in its catalogue. Reissues for 2017 will include material from the rich…
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble talks about life during and after lockdown – the disruption and loss, self-realisations, her responsibilities as a teacher and the opportunities – new and returning.
Avan Yu, the 24 year old Hong Kong born Canadian entrant has won the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition. Yu has earned a sweep of prizes which include recording contracts with ABC Classics and Naxos, a major return tour in Australia, the opportunity to perform at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in 2013, the Bochum Festival in 2014 and…
Opera Australia has announced that Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen will conduct the Melbourne production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ later this year. Here’s the full statement issued earlier today: “Opera Australia has appointed the outstanding young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen as the new conductor for The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013. Mr Inkinen will join Opera Australia at…
Legendary pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet announces Carte Blanche, a new album on Decca Classics. Carte Blanche will be released on 10 September, following his 60th birthday on 7 September. To mark a milestone birthday and celebrate a new chapter in his relationship with the Decca label, Thibaudet was given “carte blanche” by Decca to choose personal…