Any thought that Recording Academy President/CEO Deborah Dugan might leave quietly after being fired on March 2, evaporated one day later, when her attorneys launched a barrage of new allegations against the organization. Placed on administrative … » Read

Patricia Barretto, president and CEO of Chicago’s Harris Theater, has died. The theater reports the cause was breast cancer. Ms. Barretto was 45 and had been in the job since 2017 , having worked her way up from VP of sales and marketing in … » Read

Sheri Greenawald, director of the San Francisco Opera Center, artistic director of SFO’s Merola Opera program for young artists, is to step down at the end of the year, after 18 years in the job. The company announced her retirement today. … » Read

Gena Buhler has resigned as executive and artistic director of Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House after five years. She will remain in her position until May 22, and has proposed continuing as a consultant to book events until her replacement is … » Read

VIENNA – Fresh from a triumphant debut as Richard Strauss’s Elektra at Vienna's Staatsoper, Christine Goerke has withdrawn from her planned Bayreuth Festival debut this summer as Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung.   … » Read

David Hallberg, star principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theater, is to be the new artistic director of the Australian Ballet. He succeeds David McAllister, who exits after two decades at the end of 2020. Hallberg’s … » Read

The Washington National Opera is further distancing itself from its former artistic director by dropping his name from its young artist program, “in light of recent developments.” Rather than Domingo-Cafritz, it will now be call the … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process and said she was sexually harassed by a top lawyer for the … » Read

Eric Owens has withdrawn from all three of Lyric Opera of Chicago's upcoming full Ring cycles, April 13-18, April 20-25, and April 27-May 3. He is to “undergo treatment for ongoing health issues,” the company reports.   "All of … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO — A senior member of AGMA, the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a coverup in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar Plácido … » Read