Speight Jenkins, the onetime music journalist who served as general director of Seattle Opera from 1983-2014, died on May 30 at the age of 89. He leaves a tremendous legacy, including many of today’s top opera directors and artists, whom he … » Read

Sometimes the unlikeliest of heroes emerge just in the nick of time. Such was the case at La La Land in Concert in Sydney on May 30. The touring production, which synchs a live performance of the score with the film, faced a crisis when the … » Read

American conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell , founding artistic director of Apollo’s Fire and expert interpreter of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, has signed with Intermusica for general management. Additional to her own … » Read

Pivotal leadership change at the Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF) is now complete, with the appointment of Anwar Nasir as president and CEO next fall. He will arrive as Giancarlo Guerrero completes his second season as artistic director and … » Read

Evan Rogister is to be the next general music director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as of August 2027. The German-American conductor, 46, has signed a five-year contract and succeeds Christoph Meyer, who took early retirement in 2024 for health … » Read

Song Hee Lee’s singing, at March’s Met Opera Laffont Competition finals, was brilliant. Small wonder the 28-year-old Seoul-born soprano was  named a winner after her tour de force renderings of "Tornami a vagheggiar" from … » Read

Kevin Robert Orr, concert pianist and dean of the School of Music at the University of Florida since 2015, will become dean of the UF College of Arts as of July 1. In his new role he will oversee the School of Art and Art History, School of … » Read

Aston Magna—which lays claim to being the country’s oldest annual summer festival devoted to performing on period instru­ments—has announced that cellist Jacques Lee Wood is its new executive director. He starts June 1, … » Read

Sarah Rhee, a 2009 PhD graduate of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, will return to her alma mater for the upcoming academic year as  assistant professor of piano pedagogy. She arrives having served on the faculty … » Read

Thomas de Mallet Burgess, artistic director of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, has recommended that Dima Slobodeniouk receive board approval for a four-year appointment, effective Aug. 1, as the organization’s new principal … » Read