Art and Abart

Opera is a live performance and live performances have their problems. We should probably wonder why they don't fail more often than th...

This is my favourite photo of Leipzig. It seems to encapsulate the city. Music and musicians are so much part of Leipzig but so is being...

I had not intended to visit Mendelssohn House in Leipzig, but after being so moved by his Oratorium I decided to see where it was written. ...

If you know the language of countries you visit, your visit is so much richer. I wish I knew more languages than two. A good example of add...

Spinnerei, Leipzig The Spinnerei ist an old cotton spinning factory on a 10 ha block in Leipzig's Plagwitz (get there on the S14 tra...

It is amazing what a difference a short talk  by the chef dramaturg (head dramatist?) Dr Christian Geltinger made to my understanding of ...

Wow! Wow! Wow! I just saw the most fantastic Salome . I had been running on empty today but this opera and music has completely revived ...

I became an instant fan of Mendelssohn on Thursday night. I heard his Oratorium in the Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church) in Leipzig, a church ...

I arrived in Leipzig on Wednesday and couldn't believe the difference to Dresden. I thought they must be similar, being so close (an ho...