Swiss conductor Titus Engel , 46, is to succeed Baldur Brönnimann as chief conductor of the contemporary-music ensemble Basel Sinfonietta as of the 2023/24 season. Named Conductor of the Year in 2020 by Opernwelt magazine, he is known for … » Read

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has appointed Craig Whitehead as interim CEO, effective immediately, in the wake of  Emma Dunch’s resignation on Dec. 10. Whitehead has considerable experience at senior executive levels in the … » Read

In what she calls “a hit job of the highest order,” Emma Dunch has exited her post as chief executive of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Dunch, who once worked as an independent fund raiser in New York City, after a brief tenure with … » Read

Black activist and bass-baritone Derrell Acon has been named to the newly created position of VP of People Operations & Inclusion for Opera Philadelphia, a post supported by a Re:imagining Recovery grant from The Pew Center for Arts & … » Read

Jamie Hutchinson, sub-principal violin with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, and Beth Higham-Edwards, percussionist with the London Chamber Orchestra, will share this year’s Salomon Prize. Given jointly by The Royal Philharmonic Society … » Read

Francesco Giambrone, current intendant of Palermo's Teatro Massimo, is to take the same post with Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. Although his Massimo contract is due to expire next Spring, he may begin in Rome earlier than that—possibly in time … » Read

The Cardiff-based Streetwise Opera has named Martin Constantine as artistic director, beginning in January. His appointment results from an organizational overhaul that has combined two co-executive director positions into that of a CEO and … » Read

British conductor Bramwell Tovey, longtime music director of the Vancouver Symphony, now emeritus, has agreed to expand his role with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (RIPO) from artistic advisor to principal conductor and artistic … » Read

In the first decade of the 21 st century, no male opera singer had a more dramatic ascent than Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón. A star turn as Alfredo opposite Anna Netrebko at the 2005 Salzburg Festival in La Traviata (later recorded) won … » Read

Arlene Shuler has said she will exit as president and CEO of the New York City Center at the end of the current, 2021-22 season, after a transformative tenure just one year shy of two decades. Shuler's 19-year run has seen the venerable arts … » Read