NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Emmy-winning TV correspondent, and one of the three singing Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, died October 19. Her sister Lucy, a composer whose credits included the score … » Read

Baptiste Charroing [pictured], current director of production at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, has been appointed director general designate of the theater, set to succeed Michel Franck in 2025, now in his third term in the … » Read

Opera Europa has selected Karen Stone to become the new director of the Brussels-based service organization as of Jan 1, 2023. She succeeds Nicholas Payne, in the position for 19 years. Stone, who recently retired after 13 years as Intendantin at … » Read

Stuart Murphy, the ofttimes controversial CEO of the English National Opera (ENO) since 2018 , has announced he plans to leave the company in September 2023. While a postmortem of his tenure awaits the judgment of others, Murphy pointed to the … » Read

As of September 2025, the 41-year-old Czech conductor Jakub Hruša will become the new music director of the Royal Opera House. He succeeds Antonio Pappano, who steps down at the end of the 2023-24 season after 22 years, the longest tenure … » Read

Geoff Nuttall, founding first-violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and director of chamber music for the Spoleto Festival USA, died today at the age of 56. The cause was cancer, according to a statement from his colleagues in the … » Read

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, in Sarasota, FL, has selected Wu Han as its new artistic director. She succeeds Bruno Giuranna, who co-founded the festival 37 years ago. In announcing the appointment, the festival’s board … » Read

In late September, Russian troops murdered conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko in his home in Kherson, a port city on the Dnieper River occupied by Russian forces in March. The 46-year-old maestro had refused to participate in a concert on October 1, the … » Read

The chairman of Live Nation NYC, Ron Delsener, has said he will retire after six decades in the concert promotion business, stretching in eras from the Beatles through Sprinsteen, David Bowie to Quincy Jones.  He is 86. Delsener has for … » Read

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, at 125 years said to be the oldest of its kind in the country, has a new artistic director and conductor in Christopher Jackson. He succeeds Greg Funfgeld, who retired in June after 39 seasons in the job. Jackson is … » Read