The 2023-24 season will mark Sir Antonio Pappano’s 23 rd and last season as music director at the Royal Opera House, after which he succeeds Sir Simon Rattle as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Highlights of the 63-year-old … » Read

For over 40 years, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has been an incubator for world-class conducting talent. Beginning with Simon Rattle in 1980 and continuing through Sakari Oramo, Andris Nelsons, and Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, the … » Read

Devotees of Gaetano Donizetti will be able to celebrate the Italian composer’s 225 th birthday with upcoming performances of as many as 90 newly discovered songs. Credit Roger Parker, a professor of music at King’s College London and … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian, and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of … » Read

When he was 14, James Díaz started taking keyboard lessons thanks to the toss of a coin. His parents wanted to have one of their two sons receive training so as to be able to play in the local church. Díaz, born in 1990, would … » Read

Renowned Russian-American bass Nikita Storojev [pictured] died on April 17 at his home in Austin, TX. He was 73. Born to Russian parents in China, he studied at the Mussorgsky Conservatory in Yekaterinburg and at the Moscow Conservatory. After … » Read

Jenny Mollica will assume the post of interim chief executive of the English National Opera (ENO) next September, succeeding Stuart Murphy, who  announced plans to leave last fall. Director of strategy and engagement since 2020, Mollica has … » Read

London’s Philharmonia Orchestra has announced Marin Alsop as its principal guest conductor starting next fall. Alsop is chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, the Ravinia Festival, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, and … » Read

Speech given by Sir Simon Rattle at the London Symphony Orchestra concert at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 23 April 2023. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a lot to say about what is happening in classical music in this country – as does anyone … » Read

BERLIN (AP)—Daniel Barenboim was made a citizen of honor of Berlin on Friday, months after he  ended his three-decade tenure as the general musical director of the Berlin State Opera for health reasons. Mayor Franziska Giffey paid … » Read