Plácido Domingo appeared last night at the Berlin Staatsoper in Traviata , but some were not happy about it and protested outside the hall. He is still scheduled to sing there next Tuesday as well. There have been calls from Pro Quote … » Read

Daniel Harding, just on the heels of a guest podium appearance with the New York Philharmonic, will take a year’s sabbatical from conducting to focus on his other career, as a pilot. (He earned his license about four years ago.) The music … » Read

Cellist István Várdai is to be the artistic director of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (FLCO), a new concept for an ensemble whose history has seen its leaders either within the group and/or with visiting soloists, a stellar … » Read

Alan Gilbert, erstwhile music director of the New York Philharmonic, is going back to Stockholm. The former and now laureate music director of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic is to be the music director of the Royal Swedish opera, as of spring … » Read

In its first signings since the new team was in place, Colbert Artists Management has added Canadian-American violinist Timothy Chooi for North American representation. Chooi, winner of the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic will get to keep its firebrand of a maestro for yet another five years, having secured his services through the 2025-26 season. He will have been at the artistic helm of the Phil for 17 seasons, starting in 2009-10 as … » Read

The drama in the personal lives of today’s opera divas doesn’t hold a candle to that of Lydia Locke, an American soprano of the early 20 th century whose biography includes seven marriages, two dead husbands, and a stolen baby. Born … » Read

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) has tapped British violinist Jack Liebeck as its new artistic director. He follows Kathryn Stott, who will step down at the conclusion of the 2020 festival. News of his appointment coincides with … » Read

Longtime artist manager Stephen Wright — former joint managing director of Harold Holt, founder & managing director of IMG Artists Europe, and chairman of Wright Music Management—has “transitioned” his firm, its staff, … » Read

Ballet BC (British Columbia) has chosen one its favorite choreographers to be its next artistic director, taking over in July 2020 in time for the company’s 2020-21 season, its 35 th . He is Nederlands Dans Theater alumnus Medhi Walerski, … » Read