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Who is first in line for the high-profile job you can't apply for? The U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph has some ideas, as does Classicalite's James Inverne. -
The Short Column: Classical Music Benefits Kids, A(nother) Study Says
So, here we go again--another year, another survey saying that classical music is good for kids. This one comes from the Institute of Education at the University of London. Children aged between seven and 10 were exposed to classical music at school assembly and a series.. -
The Column: Five Great Modern Operas That the New York Times Music Staff Missed!
The New York Times has published an interesting piece, their classical music writers giving their thumbs-ups to the modern operas they consider the most likely candidates for perennial popularity. Which, in opera terms, means at least a production every year or two... -
The Column: Royal Opera's New 'Parsifal' is a Radical and Truly Visionary Production
It may have divided opinion, but Classicalite's contributing editor was riveted by Covent Garden's big new production for Wagner's anniversary year. -
The Column: Is Kickstarter Bad for Classical Music?
Many think online crowd-sourced funding the answer to our prayers. Or it could be a nail in the coffin. -
Memphis Symphony Orchestra's Martin Luther King Commission, Paul Brantley's 'The Rebirth of the Dream,' to Involve Local Schools
Music and schoolchildren will converge around Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, thanks to an interesting-sounding project in Memphis, the place where King was assassinated in 1968. The Memphis Symphony... -
Classicalite's Five Best: Fashionable Classical Musicians [POLL]
To suggest that there's anything new in classical musicians jumping into the fashion and lifestyle world is just plain wrong. Ever since the lifestyle marketing era began, classical musicians have occasionally associated themselves with... -
Andrew Litton Named Music Director of Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton is to return home to a U.S. orchestra as music director for the first time since he left the Dallas Symphony in 2006. The new berth? The Colorado Symphony, where he has been artistic advisor while they decided on a new... -
British Bass Richard Angas Dies Suddenly, During Rehearsal for Britten's 'Peter Grimes'
Sad news from the opera world. Richard Angas, one of the leading British basses of his generation has died. Halfway through a rehearsal at English National Opera of Britten's Peter Grimes, he collapsed and was rushed to hospital... -
McDonalds Using Classical Music to Fight the Thugs
While it's always good to hear about people turning to classical music, we're not sure what to think about the news that a branch of McDonalds is to play the classics as a way of persuading local thugs to stay away. Talk about... -
Classicalite's Five Worst: Operatic Disasters
Something about the sheer heavens-defying scale of attempting to stage opera at all, about the fact that somehow it usually comes together and works against all the odds, means that the disasters are write similarly large. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Tenor Turns in Verdi Recordings
It's Verdi year, in case you hadn't noticed from all the people in the opera world rushing around shouting, "It's Verdi year!" Well, I am, but then I'm a die-hard Verdi nut. So. In honor of the big 2013 Verdi anniversary...
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