Four rising artists have recently signed with their first artist management firms. Latvian conductor Aivis Greters [left], 29, has joined HarrisonParrott; in the last season alone, he made debuts the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Riga … » Read

Though his official 150 th birthday doesn’t fall until 2023, Sergei Rachmaninoff appears to be on presenters’ minds of late. Popular with audiences, historically dismissed by critics, his music is OK to like these days, at least … » Read

Stefan Klingele, 55, will return to Theater Bremen as its new music director and chief conductor, as of 2023-24, succeeding Yoel Gamzou. Klingele served as principal conductor and later chief conductor in Bremen from 1999 to 2007; his new … » Read

At the Oregon Symphony, Clement So [pictured] has succeeded Charles Calmer as VP for programming. So arrives from the San Diego Symphony, where he was VP for artistic planning for five years. Before that he was artistic administrator of New … » Read

Jorja Fleezanis, concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1989-2009, died unexpectedly on September 9 at her home in Michigan at the age of 70. The cause, according to the orchestra, was “a cardiovascular event.”   The … » Read

Antony and Cleopatra , the new opera by John Adams set to open in San Francisco on Sept. 10 , departs from the composer’s usual attention to more contemporary themes. Nixon in China (1987), The Death of Klinghoffer (1991), and Doctor Atomic … » Read

Richard Mantle, OBE, is to retire as general director of Opera North next year after nearly 30 years in the job. He is among the U.K.’s most highly regarded artistic leaders. “He leaves an organisation that is radically different to … » Read

Michael S. Rosenberg, recent managing director of McCarter Theater Center in Princeton (NJ), longtime managing director of La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, is to be the new president and CEO of New York’s City Center. He succeeds Arlene … » Read

Kate Suthers [pictured] is to be the new concertmaster of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, effective later this month. She succeeds Natsuko Yoshimoto, now concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony after 12 years with Adelaide. Suthers leads the … » Read

No doubt August 2022 is a month that Plácido Domingo would just as soon forget. An accusation of involvement with a sex crime ring in Buenos Aires early in the month,  later refuted in large measure,  nonetheless reminded the … » Read