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

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has looked within to find the successor to Anne Parsons and her 18-year legendary tenure as president and CEO. It is current VP and General Manager Erik Rönmark, who has been with the orchestra since 2005 … » Read

As of January 2022, Shawna Lucey will be the new general director and CEO at Opera San José (OSJ), succeeding Khori Dastoor, who assumes the same role at the Houston Grand Opera in January. With over 15 years of industry experience, Lucey … » Read

As Robert Spano moves from principal guest conductor to music director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) next August, he is to be succeeded in the former post by German conductor Kevin John Edusei, current music director of the Munich … » Read

Succeeding the much-heralded Ian Robertson, who retires presently after 35 years as director of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, is John Keene, the current head of the music staff and chorus master of the Seattle Opera. He starts remotely in … » Read

Large in spirit as well as form, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton doesn’t mince words when it comes to her shifting career goals and her general approach to life. “What I do see already happening, and am really interested in being a part … » Read

London-based American Ryan Bancroft, who last month was given the 2021 Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award, has landed a new job. He is to be chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) as of 2023-24; in the … » Read

French conductor Pierre Bleuse is to be the next music director of the Ensemble intercontemporain, effective in the 2023-24 season and succeeding Matthias Pintscher, in the job since 2013. Bleuse, 44, is the new chief conductor of the Odense … » Read

It was only in July that the Zurich Opera renewed Andreas Homoki’s contract as intendant through 2025, but already waiting in the wings to succeed him is Matthias Schulz, the current director of Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden, … » Read