Librettist/producer Lila Palmer is to be general and artistic director of the New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA), effective in May, about one year after predecessor Clare Burovac announced her exit after three years. Burovac in turn succeeded … » Read

The Emerson String Quartet has disbanded after a hugely successful 50-year run, but its two founding violinists are moving on with lightning speed, not just with teaching appointments but with concert series and summer festivals. Recently, … » Read

British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig was arrested in London’s Victoria Station on Jan. 10 and charged with arranging/facilitating a child sexual offense and sexual communication with a child the following day. He was released on conditional … » Read

When Lois Kirschenbaum, an avid operagoer and cultural consumer, died in 2021 , she left behind a treasure trove —memorabilia, programs, signed photographs—documenting her more than five decades of engagement with New York’s … » Read

Anyone seeking evidence that women conductors are in ascendance need look no further than next summer’s Bayreuth Festival, which on Jan. 11 announced that Simone Young is to step in for Philippe Jordan to conduct the Der Ring des Nibelungen … » Read

Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst will not renew his contract as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra when it expires in 2027. By that time he will have been in the post for 25 years, the longest tenure of any lead conductor in the … » Read

Anthony Roth Costanzo, who at 41 is one of the world’s busiest and most accomplished countertenors, has come a long way from his birthplace in Durham, North Carolina. When he was 11, Costanzo told his parents, “I can’t be in … » Read

Jonathan Heyward is a very busy young man. The 31-year-old South Carolina native is in the midst of his first season as music director of the Baltimore Symphony (BSO), where he became the first Black music director of a major American orchestra … » Read

At 71, George Lewis is, in Alex Ross’s words, “one of the most formidable figures in modern music.” Currently a professor at Columbia, the Chicago native enjoys an international reputation as a composer, improvisatory … » Read

Stephen Johns , artistic director of the Royal College of Music for the past 14 years, has announced his exit as of September, timed to coincide with that of Colin Lawson, who is retiring as director of the College in August, after nearly two … » Read