New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has chosen Gonzalo Casals, who currently leads the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in SoHo, as the city’s new cultural affairs commissioner. Lohman, who assumes the position on April 13, replaces Tom Finkelpearl, … » Read

NEW YORK — Charles Wuorinen, winner of th e 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas B rokeback Mountain and Haroun and the Sea of Stories , died from injuries sustained in a fall last September. He was 81. Wuorinen, who … » Read

Anton Coppola, who enjoyed one of the longest careers as a conductor in modern times, died in Manhattan on Mar. 9 at age 102. A patriarch of the Coppola family, he was uncle to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actor Talia Shire, and great uncle … » Read

In response to growing criticism, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) has cut ties with conductor Stephen Lord, who had been scheduled to conduct La Traviata in the Spring of 2021. Lord has conducted at the COC four times over the last decade, most … » Read

The Philharmonia Orchestra of London has appointed Alexander Van Ingen as its new chief executive, starting in September. Van Ingen is the current chief of the Academy of Ancient Music, a post he has held for three years . Before that he was … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera has released the results of its investigation of former General Director Plácido Domingo and found sexual harassment allegations against him to be credible.   The investigator interviewed 44 people, 10 of whom … » Read

Following the lead of Covent Garden, the Teatro Real, and a number of other European houses, the Deutsche Oper Berlin has canceled planned performances by Plácido Domingo in 2020-21. He was to appear in Don Carlo , the opera with which he … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81. Tyner’s family confirmed the death in a statement released on social media … » Read

Statement from the Royal Opera House: "The Royal Opera House and Maestro ?Plácido Domingo have mutually decided that he will withdraw from the Royal Opera House’s upcoming performances of Don Carlo in July 2020. We would like to … » Read

The Washington Post has a new classical music critic as of March 9. He is Michael Brodeur, a.k.a. Michael Andor Brodeur. The Post describes him as “a writer, critic and editor who has worked most recently at the Boston Globe .” … » Read