NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera said in court documents Friday that it found credible evidence that conductor James Levine engaged in sexually abusive or harassing conduct with seven people that included inappropriate touching and … » Read

Mieko Hatano is to be the new executive director of the Oakland Symphony starting June 4 and succeeding Christine Kelly, a marketing and development consultant who took over as interim when Steven Payne resigned last year. Hatano has been … » Read

Conductor Elim Chan, the first and only woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, in 2014, is to be chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, starting in the 2019-20 season. The orchestra has been without a music director … » Read

The reason for the  sudden resignation of William Florescu on May 9 from the Florentine Opera Company, after 13 years as general director, has been made crystal clear. Receiving information “previously unknown to the company,” … » Read

Eun Sun Kim, currently conducting the Verdi Requiem at the Cincinnati May Festival, is to be principal guest conductor of the Houston Grand Opera, the first so designated since 1993. She led the HGO in her U.S. debut in October, conducting its … » Read

The Bravo! Vail Music Festival has named another new executive director: Caitlin Murray, its onetime VP of development, is to succeed Jennifer Teisinger, in the job just two years. Murray, current director of leadership gifts for Colorado Public … » Read