On the heels of its 61 st season of successful artistic risk-taking, and a healthy return from the pandemic shutdown, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music will lose its longtime Power Behind the Throne. Ellen Primack is to step down as … » Read

Opera Omaha has appointed Allison Swenson, development director at Santa Fe Opera, as its next general director. She succeeds Roger Weitz, who announced his intention to move on last May . He had been in the job since 2011 and is credited with … » Read

Joséphine Korda is to become the Female Conductor Trainee at Opera North for the 2022-23 season. The nine-week training fellowship, which she will undertake while also studying for her masters at the Royal Northern College of Music in … » Read

MADRID (Reuters) - Opera star Placido Domingo faced new accusations of sexual harassment from a fellow Spanish singer in a television program broadcast on Sunday, three years after such claims prompted an apology and curtailed his career. In a … » Read

Cate Blanchett will doubtless win several well-deserved awards for her portrayal of conductor Lydia Tár in the eponymous film. The authenticity of her actions on the podium accounts in no small way for the strength of her performance. She … » Read

Peter Kjome, who exited his post as president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony a year ago, has been hired by the Phoenix Symphony for the same position, effective February 1. He succeeds Suzanne Wilson, in the job two years. Phoenix Symphony, … » Read

Sam Jackson will leave his current position as executive VP of Global Classics & Jazz at Universal Music Group to become the new controller of BBC Radio 3, a position from which he will oversee the network as well as the BBC Proms, which his … » Read

As The Shed approaches its fourth anniversary , a leadership transition designed to strengthen both its artistic vision and its management is underway. Alex Poots, founding artistic director and chief executive, is setting aside the latter … » Read

Juan José Escalante, executive director of the National Dance Institute (NDI), a noted arts-education program, is to be the new executive director of the Miami City Ballet as of February 6. He succeeds Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, who … » Read

KMFA Classical, an independent public classical radio station in Austin, TX, has appointed George Preston as its new CEO. Preston arrives after serving for the last three years as VP of radio and GM of WFMT, Chicago , a high-profile classical … » Read