Music Reviews

Salzburg Easter Festival Embroiled in Fraud Probe (Update1) Austrian prosecutors are investigating the former managing director of the Salzburg Easter Festival for embezzlement and fraud that may have totaled more than 2 million euros ($2.75 million).

Austria Probes Suspected Fraud at Salzburg Easter Festival Austrian prosecutors are investigating the former managing director of the Salzburg Easter Festival for embezzlement and fraud that may have totaled more than 2 million euros ($2.75 million).

Baton Meister Honeck Pitches Pittsburgh to Foreign Businesses When Pittsburgh tries to lure a foreign company, it often turns to maestro Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to close the deal.

Royal Opera House Chief Tony Hall Appointed to House of Lords Tony Hall, the 58-year-old chief executive of London’s Royal Opera House, has been named as a peer in the House of Lords, the U.K. parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords said on its Web site.

Domingo Sings Live at Film Theaters as New York Met Goes Global Sally Greenhill, who dreams of seeing the Metropolitan Opera in person one day, has found the next best thing: watching it live at a London movie theater.

Van Gogh’s Last Letter, Jamie T’s Angst: Great London Weekend Rapper Jamie T is bringing his stories of urban angst to the O2 Brixton Academy; start your weekend with him on Friday.

Sleepwalking Soprano Dessay Teeters Atop Piano at Paris Opera Bellini’s 1831 opera “La Sonnambula” follows a tradition -- established by Joseph Weigl’s once wildly popular “Die Schweizerfamilie” (1809) -- of setting sentimental plots in a peaceful Alpine surrounding.

Sony Pays $3 Million to Win Pianist Lang Lang: Norman Lebrecht The richest headhunt ever seen in classical music has ended with the world’s most coveted pianist switching teams at a critical moment for the industry.