As anticipated, Zachary Woolfe is moving from the position of classical music editor to classical music critic of The New York Times . He succeeds Anthony Tommasini , who retired last year after holding the rather loftier title of chief classical … » Read

Bayersiches Staatsballet Director Igor Zelensky has resigned for, officially, “private family reasons.” He is the former artistic director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater from 2006 until 2015, and the Stanislavski and … » Read

Joseph Kalichstein, an Israeli-American pianist described by one contemporary as “a musician’s musician, always thoughtful and imaginative,” died at age 76 on March 31.The cause was pancreatic cancer.  Adept as a … » Read

Within the space of a week in late February, Peter Gelb went from a visit to Moscow to see the dress rehearsal of his company’s co-production of Wagner’s Lohengrin with the Bolshoi to watching a young Ukrainian bass-baritone sing his … » Read

So much for Riccardo Muti’s two-week residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, of which he is music director. Today, he tested positive for Covid-19, ruling out his scheduled performance with the CSO on Tuesday, April 5, now cancelled, … » Read

Anna Netrebko’s career in her homeland is not dead—at least not with the all-powerful Mariinsky Theater. The theater has officially confirmed that Netrebko is participating in its annual Stars of the White Nights festival , which … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has appointed Caen Thomason-Redus as its VP of inclusion and learning, one of several leadership shifts at the organization. Thomason-Redus is the senior director of community & learning at the Detroit … » Read

The  Moscow Times reports that Russia’s Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater has announced the cancellation of Anna Netrebko’s concert scheduled for June 2. The company cited her back-pedaling statement on March … » Read

Anna Netrebko’s statement yesterday, distancing herself from Vladimir Putin and “expressly condemn[ing] the war on Ukraine,” seems not to have instantaneously changed her status at the Metropolitan Opera, nor at the Paris Opera, … » Read

Avant-garde Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, long outspoken critic of the Kremlin and artistic thorn in its side, has left the country after countless arrests and confinements on false charges in the last few years. He is now safely in … » Read