BACKIn today’s news: Joanna Marsh explains her new composition, John Copley fired for ‘inappropriate behaviour’, Sheku Kanneh-Mason becomes this year’s best-selling British debut artist. Also, Sonja Reuter wins the Richard Wagner Award for young talent and costumes sale at the Dutch National Opera.
The Guardian
Warrior woman: my cantata for suffragette Emily Davison
How do you give voice to the first suffragette martyr? Composer Joanna Marsh explains how her new composition took shape.
The Telegraph
Britain’s leading opera director John Copley has been sacked from his job at the New York Metropolitan Opera after what his supporters claim was a misunderstanding about a “naked” ghost.
Classical Music
Applications open for Haydn Competition
The International Haydn Competition for Classical Lied and Aria 2018 will take place at Rohrau, the birthplace of the brothers Joseph and Michael Haydn, to commemorate the anniversary of Joseph Haydn’s death.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes chart history
Sheku Kanneh-Mason has become this year’s best-selling British debut artist – across all genres – to enter the Top 20 in the Official UK Albums Chart with his album Inspiration.
Music Business Worldwide
Apple Music has topped 36m subscribers worldwide, adding 6m in under five months
Apple Music’s paying subscriber base has surpassed 36m worldwide – a figure which remains about half the size of Spotify’s equivalent premium audience.
The New York Times
4,000 Opera Costumes. One Giant Fantasy Sale.
What’s an opera house to do when it runs out of closet space? Let the public (and wallets and purses) in.
FAZ
Sechzig Schauspieler des Burgtheaters haben ihrem ehemaligen Intendanten Matthias Hartmann einen menschenverachtenden Führungsstil attestiert. Was folgt aus solchen Vorwürfen?
Klassik.com
Richard-Wagner-Nachwuchspreis für Sopranistin Sonja Reuter
Die Sopranistin Sonja Reuter hat den diesjährigen Richard-Wagner-Nachwuchspreis gewonnen.
nmz
Recording Academy prüft „Hürden und Vorurteile“ gegen Musikerinnen
Die für die Grammys zuständige Recording Academy will Hürden und Vorurteile gegenüber Frauen in der Musikindustrie untersuchen.
Platea Magazine
Fallece el director de escena Gustavo Tambascio
Según informan fuentes allegadas, el director de escena Gustavo Tambascio (Buenos Aires, 1948) ha fallecido esta noche, posiblemente a causa de un infarto.
