Acclaimed violinist Randall Goosby has widened his relationship with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and been named CSO Community Artist-in-Residence, a three-year assignment. The newly created position, an expanded version of his  2024-25 … » Read

The Seattle Opera has announced a number of promotions, the most recent of which is Blaine Inafuku, from associate director to director of artistic administration and planning. He succeeds Aren Der Hacopian, who stepped down last month after 18 … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Lisette Oropesa impresses Peter Gelb as more than a singer. “She reminds me a little bit of Beverly Sills,” the Metropolitan Opera general manager said. “She seems to have that kind of intellectual … » Read

Over the past quarter century, Irwin Jacobs and his late wife Joan donated more than $100 million to the San Diego Symphony. Their name adorns the orchestra’s renovated downtown concert hall as a proper acknowledgement of their essential … » Read

John Harte has been named managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). He succeeds Dame Kathryn McDowell , who will step down at summer’s end in 2026 after 20 years in the role. Harte comes to the LSO from the Aurora Orchestra … » Read

Tracy Wenckus began work as the interim general director of the Portland (OR) Opera as of January 1, 2026, succeeding Sue Dixon, who retired after six years in the job. Wenckus has been with the company since 1999 and is the current general … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may have his name on the building, but it’s still the Kennedy Center to Congress. A bipartisan spending package released Monday by House Speaker Mike Johnson includes $32 million for operating … » Read

Banjo player Béla Fleck was to have performed his own arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the National Symphony Orchestra next month. But, like many before him, he has withdrawn due to the MAGA stronghold at the Center, … » Read

Bruce Crawford, whose leadership in many guises steered The Metropolitan Opera through the last quarter of the 20 th century, died on December 30. He was 97. Crawford entered the advertising business in 1956, and over the next 30 years rose to … » Read

In December, László Krasznahorkai became only the second Hungarian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature; Imre Kertész was the first, in 2002. Although the 71-year-old author is critical of the right-wing Hungarian … » Read