Artikel von David Karlin

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.

Unimpeachable voices and fine playing light up The Royal Opera's latest revival of Kasper Holten's dark staging.

The Czech Phil's General Manager talks recording and video – both as a pandemic measure and as a crucial part of their plans.

A varied programme of harpsichord pieces interleaves with songs from Shakespeare and the following century.

A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post. 

One of the greatest actors of our generation is also a keen musician: who better to take the role of Bach in Nina Raine's new play?

The Philharmonia and Garsington Chorus deliver great performances, as do Natalia Tanasii and Fleur Barron as the two Larina sisters.

Mariame Clément's hilarious and brilliantly original staging of Rossini's opera buffa is served with a generous helping of Rossinian bel canto. Who could ask for more?

Glyndebourne's 2021 season opens with an intense, minimalist staging of Janáček’s tale of adultery, focused on the contrasts between its heroine's dreams and reality.

After a six month gap, the Nationaltheater welcomes a limited audience to an opera-in-concert of extraordinary beauty of singing.

We give you a brief summary of new privacy restrictions from Apple and Google – and why Bachtrack ads are unaffected.

Wir sprechen über Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft von Suntory Hall, über japanische Komponisten und über die Unterschiede des Unterrichtens in Japan und den Vereinigten Staaten.

Daniel Catán's operatic adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of evil scientist and poisoned plants is compellingly set in Chicago's Field Museum.

Aix-en-Provence, La Scala, Paris et maintenant le San Carlo à Naples : son parcours se lit comme un hit-parade de l'opéra mondial. Rencontre avec un homme qui n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'il pense.

After a 2020 summer bereft of live performance, dozens of UK opera companies are planning to return. Here's a whistle-stop tour of what's coming.

Seattle Opera do full justice to Dove and De Angelis's comic opera with a dark twist, filming it in the city's Museum of Flight.

Artistic Director in Madrid for eight years and in Barcelona for seventeen, Matabosch talks about singers, directors, audiences and staying open during the pandemic.

Weill and Brecht's excoriating satire is brilliantly executed; after such an intense opener, Mahagonny-Songspiel is less convincing.

In this third and final article, we assess where streaming revenue is channelled, explore the role of the record label and recommend changes we'd like to see.

In this second article in the series, we look at the role of algorithms and playlists in determining the music we listen to and how payment models affect classical artists.