Since announcing major cuts to funding for the nation’s opera companies in November 2022, Arts Council England has come in for harsh criticism for its apparent disregard for the art form, with special ire reserved for its decision to force … » Read

This past weekend, MAiRA Pro S, the next-generation robot conductor, debuted with Dresden’s Sinfoniker. Artistic Director Markus Rindt offered assurances that the intent was “not to replace human beings.” Instead, it was to … » Read

Alma Mahler’s love life is the stuff of legend. From a first kiss with painter Gustav Klimt through a succession of marriages—first to Gustav Mahler, then Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and finally writer Franz … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the disgraced former artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras, has elected not to go quietly into the night. Following his physical assault on a singer in August of 2023 , Gardiner took a year away from … » Read

LONDON—Forget boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Try boy spots girl skinny dipping, girl turns boy into stag, boy gets torn to pieces by dogs. Just another day in Ancient Greece. Seriously though, Ovid’s tale of Diana and Acteon makes … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Osvaldo Golijov was running out of time. The Argentine-born composer had been commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for a chamber opera to be performed in the summer of 2003. And with the deadline just months away, his … » Read

A $10 million endowment pledge to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will help support the ensemble’s artistic and educational efforts to broaden community engagement. “Our gift is an investment in the future of the Orchestra,” … » Read

What’s in a title? Maybe not as much as what’s in a name. Joshua Bell has been announced as the inaugural principal guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony as of 2025-26 for four seasons. For that lofty title, he is obligated to … » Read

Fabio Luisi, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s music director and a veteran Wagnerian, is about to make the Texas city a destination for devotees of the German master’s four-opera saga. Beginning on Oct. 13, the DSO will present a … » Read

Violinist Randall Goosby will be the 2025 MAC (Multi Cultural Awareness Council) Music Innovator at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO). He succeeds British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason to fill the one-year appointment, which offers a … » Read