What a difference a decade can make. In 2014 the San Diego Opera (SDO) underwent a near-death experience . On Nov. 1, SDO will open its 60 th season with La bohème , the opera that officially launched the company on May 5, 1965. While the … » Read

In a number of Depression-era films, Mickey Rooney encourages Judy Garland with, “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” Having announced with considerable fanfare that he has founded Capella Edina, a new symphony orchestra in … » Read

More than a decade after a 2011 accident in which she was injured in a fall from a platform at the Metropolitan Opera, mezzo-soprano Wendy White and the company have reached an agreement on the eve of her lawsuit going to trial. While singing the … » Read

Ken-David Masur will step down as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) at the end of the 2025-2026 season, after seven years in the position. The 47-year-old maestro arrived in Milwaukee at the start of the 2019-2020 season … » Read

In 2019 Lara St. John spoke to the Philadelphia Inquirer about how, as a 14-year-old student at the Curtis Institute in the mid-1980s, her teacher, famed violinist Jascha Brodsky, raped and sexually abused her. The school’s failure to … » Read

CHICAGO— Taking over from any longtime music director can be a daunting task. Their identities can fuse with the organization, marking any successor as an interloper. That hasn’t been so much as a passing worry for Newberry Consort … » Read

Vladimir Horowitz once said some Chopin miniatures have more content than a Mahler symphony. At her Zankel Hall recital October 22, Berlin-based Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, 39, proved his point. Durable, romantic-era touchstones on the … » Read

Michael Shinn has been named as executive director of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, a position he initially assumed in August of 2023 as interim. He moves into the job as Berklee awaits the arrival of its new president in January , Jim … » Read

Clément Joubert has been chosen as the new executive director of the Festival de Lanaudière, Canada’s largest classical music festival. He succeeds Xavier Roy, who stepped down this past August after four years in the … » Read

In a heartening tale of one philanthropist’s belief in the importance of music to a community’s well-being, Phantom Fireworks owner Bruce Zoldan will give $5 million to the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, his alma … » Read