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The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) has pulled its 2026 production of Puccini’s Tosca in Israel following backlash from staff.
Anna Lapwood – the outgoing Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and now the first official organist of the Royal ...
Hans Zimmer has been announced as the composer for Euphoria season 3. He will compose the score for the hit HBO series ...
You’ll know ‘Seven Nation Army’ by The White Stripes. It was rock duo Jack and Meg White’s opening track on their 2003 album ...
The original screenplay by Alan Bennett explores the humour and humanity at the heart of a community facing an uncertain ...
Eight youth choir members were hospitalised after experiencing “seizure‑like” symptoms midway through a concert in Boston.
Across the pond, American swimmer Katie Ledecky began learning piano at the age of eight. In 2018, she famously duetted with ...
US House Republicans are pushing to rename the Kennedy Center ’s Opera House after Melania Trump. The House Appropriations ...
He’s up there with John Williams as the best-known film composer in the world. But what are Hans Zimmer’s greatest ...
The moving moment former ballerina Marta C. González, who suffers with Alzheimer’s, listens to Swan Lake and remembers the choreography.
Pity the poor viola. Butt of all the jokes in the classical music world and maligned by string players everywhere. But we just can't help laughing at these viola jokes. Here are 12 of the best.
Flute of Shame. Picture: Joe Routon/Facebook It’s a medieval torture device that was used – once upon a more primitive time – for publicly shaming bad musicians and other disturbers of the peace. The ...