NEW! INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CONDUCTING: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN
12/07/2016
Inside and Outside Conducting: Geoffrey Newman Interviews Christopher Seaman
Christopher Seaman (c) Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – ALBERTO REMEDIOS CBE (1935-2016)
18/06/2016
Alberto Remedios (1935-2016)
The death has been announced of Liverpool-born internationally renowned tenor Alberto Remedios CBE Read more
NEW! Yannick Nézet-Séguin Named the Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director
03/06/2016
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Named the Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (c) Marco Borggreve
NEW! Peter Brook’s Musicality
19/05/2016
Battlefield from the Mahabharata, written by Jean-Claude Carrièrre: C.I.C.T. Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne. Music by Toshi Tsuchitori; Costumes by Oria Puppo; Lighting by Philippe Vialatte. Teatro Argentina, Rome 14.5.2016. (JB) Read more
NEW! NCEM Announces Winners of Its Young Composers Award 2016
17/05/2016
NCEM Announces Winners of Its Young Composers Award 2016
NCEM Young Composers Award 2016 Winners
Kristina Arakelyan and Alex Dakin
The NCEM Young Composers Award 2016, presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and Theatre of the Ayre directed by lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, has been won by Alex Dakin in the 18 years and under category and by Kristina Arakelyan in the 19 to 25 years category. Read more
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – STAN METZGER (1947 – 2016)
17/04/2016
STAN METZGER – EDITOR IN CHIEF AND WEBMASTER OF SEEN AND HEARD HAS DIED AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE AGAINST ILLNESS
A photo of Stan to make us all smile in these sad times
NEW! Do I Repeat Myself? Very Well – I Repeat Myself
17/04/2016
Do I Repeat Myself? Very Well – I Repeat Myself by Bernard Jacobson Read more
NEW! When Boris isn’t Godunov – by Jack Buckley
24/03/2016
Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: direct transmission from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London at the Cinema Barberini, Rome, 21.03.2016 with the Chorus (Renato Balsadonna) and Orchestra of the ROH, Conductor Antonio Pappano. (JB) Read more
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