When Magda Krance, the Lyric Opera’s director of media relations, retires at the end of June, she will leave behind a world markedly different from the one she entered 30 years ago. Gone are Chicago’s multiple daily newspapers, each … » Read

The stroke that sidelined the 60-year-old Welsh conductor Grant Llewellyn last summer took three days to develop. What began as a “funny feeling” gradually progressed to the point that he could hardly walk or carry out basic life … » Read

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, est. 1906, has named Jaime Martín as successor to Sir Andrew Davis as its chief conductor. He starts in 2022, three years subsequent to Davis’s departure . Stateside, Martin is best known as music … » Read

It’s been a month since Semperoper Dresden extended the contract of Peter Theile r, its current artistic director, through the end of 2023-24. Wednesday, as if to ensure that he would not stay beyond that time, it named Nora Schmid, 42, as … » Read

The Louisiana Philharmonic, which self-defines as “the only full-time collaboratively governed and operated orchestra in the United States,” has named Philadelphia native Anwar Nasir [pictured] to be its next executive director. The … » Read

Soprano Julia Bullock, one of Musical America’s 2021 Artists/ Change Agents of the Year , has signed with London-based Askonas Holt for worldwide management. She was previously with Etude Arts. The epitome of the 21 st -century … » Read

Marin Alsop’s departure from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this summer will leave America’s leading ensembles without a single female and only one Black and a handful of Latino and Asian music directors. “It’s been a … » Read

American-Armenian conductor Constantine Orbelian is to be music director of the New York City Opera, the venerable company that saw something of a rebirth in 2016. Its last production, in 2019, was Stonewall . Orbelian, who, in a political … » Read

In addition to being among the world’s best known baritones, Thomas Hampson is a scholar and advocate for American music. Since 2009 his "Song of America" initiative has toured throughout Europe, introducing audiences to the voices of … » Read

Carlos Miguel Prieto, Musical America’s 2019 Conductor of the Year , is to serve as artistic advisor to the North Carolina Symphony (NCS) as it continues its search for a successor to Welshman Grant Llewellyn, who exited in spring of 2020 … » Read