Recent Los Angeles Philharmonic Dudamel Fellow Daniel Cohen has been   appointed Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin. He succeeds Moritz Gnann and starts next October. Cohen, who trained as a violinist at the Tel Aviv Academy before … »Read

British conductor Jonathan Nott is to be the new music and artistic director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as of January 2017. He succeeds Neeme Järvi, who steps down at the end of the current season. Nott, 52, has been principal … »Read

Valencia's opera house, the Palau de les Arts, has appointed opera director Davide Livermore to succeed Helga Schmidt as intendant. Schimdt was  fired last week after being arrested for embezzling funds. Livermore, Italian by birth and … »Read

English National Opera has denied the allegations against John Berry by outgoing chairman Martyn Rose (pictured) as being at the root of the company’s financial problems. Over the weekend The Sunday Times reported on a letter Rose sent to … »Read

It will be interesting to see if this evening’s production premiere of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle at the Met Opera prompts protests against its Big Name participants—Valery Gergiev is in the pit and Anna Netrebko sings … »Read

Martyn Rose stepped down as chairman of the English National Opera last week after just two years in the job and the reasons have now become clear. The Sunday Times managed to get a copy of a letter he sent to ENO President Sir Vernon Ellis in … »Read