Opera Holland Park’s Rigoletto might easily have been just another London night at the opera. That it turned out to be rather special was largely down to conductor Lee Reynolds. Despite reduced forces, he managed to pull a rabbit out of the … » Read

Patty Isacson Sabee, current executive director of Planet Word in Washington, D.C., former CEO of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, is to succeed Wayne S. Brown as president and CEO of the Detroit Opera. Brown, who succeeded the late founding … » Read

This year’s Glimmerglass Festival, which concludes today, may well be remembered as the summer of Anthony Roth Costanzo. The counter tenor, a member of the Young Artists program in 2008 who has returned three times since to perform, seemed … » Read

In announcing its upcoming season of eight programs performed at four different venues, Santa Barbara chamber music group Camerata Pacifica noted that its new executive director, in the job since June 1, was Ana Papakhian [pictured]. She succeeds … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen have announced Yubeen Kim as the orchestra’s new principal flute and Katherine Siochi as its principal harp. The two new appointments fill a pair of vacancies that arose during … » Read

New York’s Juilliard School has announced the appointment of a new assistant dean and director of chamber music. Merry Peckham, a cellist, educator, and experienced arts administrator will take up the role at the beginning of January 2024. … » Read

The Conductor , a documentary about the life and career of Marin Alsop, has been nominated for a 2023 Emmy Award. Directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, it was presented last March as part of PBS’s Great Performances series. The awards will be … » Read

The local government of Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, has stepped in to cancel a planned performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko at the prestigious Smetana Hall. Earlier in the week, officials declared that they … » Read

Adrian Daly, provost of the Colburn School in Los Angeles since 2015, died suddenly of a heart attack while traveling in Europe. He was 56 years old. “The Colburn community is heartbroken,” noted the school on a Facebook posting. … » Read

Rising Italian conductor Daniele Rustioni, 40, is to exit his recent post of music director of the Ulster Orchestra at the end of the coming season, opening September 22 with works by Dukas, Prokofiev, Borodin and Ravel. Rustioni, who has guest … » Read