Opera star Antonio Pappano takes Simon Rattle’s baton as he replaces him at London Symphony Orchestra New man to lead UK’s orchestra has been at Covent Garden opera since 2002 Sir Antonio, 61, said his new job at the LSO was a ‘dream come true’ He takes over an orchestra which has been shaped into … Read more
Romeo And Juliet from the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House will sweep you away, with some exceptional conducting by Koen Kessels By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House Romeo And Juliet: Beyond Words … Read more
An orchestra started playing in an opera house in Vienna to keep an audience calm after they had been told to stay inside while a terror rampage unfolded in the streets. The Austrian capital witnessed a ‘repulsive’ shooting attack in six locations on Monday, including near a synagogue and the world famous Wiener Staatsoper opera … Read more
Revealed: BBC Symphony Orchestra held a panicked meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ just weeks before the Last Night of the Proms row An emergency action plan was brought in to tackle so-called ‘unconscious bias’ It forged links with first professional orchestra made of mainly black musicians One insider described the move as a … Read more