24th February: Conductor stops performance over ‘phone miscreants’, Record attendance for Leopold Mozart exhibition, winners of the Victoires de la musique classique 2020
Monday 24th February '20
Conductor stops performance over 'phone miscreants'A conductor has twice stopped an opera in Cardiff after mobile phones rang in the audience. Carlo Rizzi was conducting Welsh National Opera's new production of Verdi's Les Vêpres Sicilienes, …
Read20th May: Crowdfunding saves San Diego Opera, Liverpool Philharmonic £13.8m renovation & controversy surrounding opera singers’ appearances
Tuesday 20th May '14
Guardian San Diego Opera to stay open amid crowdfunding success The 58-member board of directors voted in March to shut down, but recent campaign saved the troubled company. Are opera singers now to be judged on their looks …
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