LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
ROMANTICISM: Explore the late George Colerick's fascinating series of articles encroaching on the subjects of melody, romanticism, operetta and humour in music.
Swiss theatre and film director Luc Bondy was born in Zurich on 17 July 1948. He studied with Jacques Lecoq in Paris and began working as an assistant at Hamburg's Thalia Theatre, then took over at Berlin's Schaubühne in 1985.
He produced plays and operas at the Salzburg Festival, and was director of a controversial production of Puccini's Tosca at New York Metropolitan Opera.
He died on 28 November 2015, aged sixty-seven.
Ensemble. Spectral Music - Women and War at the Salzburg Festival, by Giuseppe Pennisi
Ensemble. A Different Rendition - Puccini's 'Tosca' on the big screen, reviewed by Maria Nockin