The Telegraph
Anna Netrebko, as you might expect from one of the hottest divas in the world, is hopelessly late. I spend the time chatting to the doorman at the opera house in Salzburg, who tells me he is in love with her. "Of course, you will fall in love with her too," he says. (03/11)
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A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and ...
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On a short notice a large number of music and heritage lovers throng Sethi House that evening. They were as thrilled as they have found a very precious ...
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It was a quiet afternoon in the Oxfam Shop in Great Yarmouth in the autumn of 2005. Most days are quiet in Great Yarmouth out of season.
This day, however, ...
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ZHUJIAJIAO is the most well preserved water village in Shanghai. The rustic town, located in the suburb of Qingpu district, offers perfect respite for ...
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"Our music describes our life," says ethnomusicologist Muhammad ...
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U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, ...
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And you're all invited to the Grace Kelly star's shindig... Mika has asked audience members make an effort and wear fantastical fancy dress at his sold ...
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A "symphony" comprising music from some of the most popular video games will be performed in Sydney next year after sell-out shows in the US and Europe. ...
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Victoria Beckham is allegedly starting up a Hollywood book club, with Katie Holmes and Jennifer Lopez set to join. She plans for members of the book club ...
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Avril Lavigne is blaming Britney Spears for her lack of popularity, saying nobody pays attention to her because Britney takes up so much space in the media. ...
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The Hole frontwoman says she has little use for most of the items and wants to give away them at the famous auction house Christies. Love said: “I'm ...
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Candee D*Vine wants to be your friend! She's 19, cute, bisexual and "up for anything." If you approve her request, and you probably will, she'll go ...
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Let the silly indie kids have their silly SXSW, with their flannels and ironic t-shirts, their jangle and distortion. The rest of us have the cool, crisp, ...
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Last year we reported Kentucky Wants To Make Bluegrass Music Official in 2007 and now, this is getting closer to reality. On Thursday, State Rep. Teddy ...
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Dateline: Elton John's house in the south of France, 21 August 2006
Jake Shears: So this issue of their magazine has a special gay theme. What do you ...
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2007 could be the worst year yet for Warner Music (US), EMI (Britain), Vivendi Universal (France) and Sony BMG (Japan and Germany). It could be the year ...
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A long-lost opera by Antonio Vivaldi was to have its first performance in centuries last night. Argippo, discovered by a Czech musician as he rummaged ...
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World-famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, who has been recuperating in a sanatorium outside Moscow, has been hospitalized again, a source ...
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Two recent incidents of booing are the talk of the opera world, a hothouse of passionate debate if ever there was one. First, boos rained down on Placido ...
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Wandsworth Prison inmates have spent weeks rehearsing for the nine-date show, developing confidence and new skills in the process. The musical is being ...
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A "symphony" comprising music from some of the most popular video games will be performed in Sydney next year after sell-out shows in the US and Europe. ...
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The Who's first studio album in over 25 years will also be released alongside a compilation of Pete Townsend's rock opera, 'The Boy Who Heard Music'. ...
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Astrid Varnay, the Swedish-American soprano who made her Metropolitan Opera debut _ without rehearsal _ in a nationally broadcast performance and went ...
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Opera lovers and classical music aficionados have long lamented the particular difficulties they face in organizing their music in digital programs and ...
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David Gockley unveiled a different sound and look for the San Francisco Opera on Monday, announcing a season -- the first he's planned as general director ...
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At a time when the San Francisco Opera is looking to shore up its finances, the company has received $35 million from longtime patron and supporter Jeannik ...
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The theater director Robert Wilson has been faithful to his artistic obsessions for more than four decades. Starkly arresting visual tableaus, dramatically ...
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Early last year Robert Lepage visited Australia to perform his one-man show, The Andersen Project, as part of the Sydney Festival. In it the writer-director-performer ...
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The prospect of witnessing Cecilia Bartoli in an important a new role was probably the greatest draw, but the Zurich Opera House's new production of Handel's ...
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Technology to the rescue. Given the spectacular cost of making new recordings of familiar operas, we are likely to continue to listen to the great singers ...
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Katherine Jenkins, the 26-year-old opera singer, wore a dress made of 2,500 poppies to help launch the appeal. The Welsh soprano said it was becoming more ...
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