Richard Ortner, past president of the Boston Conservatory (now the Boston Conservatory at Berklee) died on October 10 after a battle with cancer. He was 71. In the words of Cathy Young, senior vice president and executive director of the … » Read

Ara Guzelimian, who announced his departure from the Juilliard School as dean and provost last June, is to be the Ojai Festival’s artistic director as of its 75 th season, June 10 to 13, 2021. He succeeds Chad Smith, named to the post 18 … » Read

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC), one of Canada’s most highly regarded professional choirs, has named Anna Kajtar to succeed Cynthia Hawkins as executive director. Kajtar has served in an administrative capacity for a number of arts groups, … » Read

The Los Angeles Music Center—whose resident companies include the Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angles Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic—has a new board chair in philanthropist and onetime City Council … » Read

Opera singer Plácido Domingo on Tuesday spoke of his joy over a forthcoming Moscow concert as the famed Spanish tenor faces multiple sexual harassment claims. Giving a press conference at Russia's TASS state news agency, Domingo … » Read

MILAN (AP) — Even as his U.S. career seemingly winds down amid accusations of sexual harassment, opera legend Plácido Domingo remains on the bill of a host of European opera houses. The 78-year-old singer who rose to stardom as … » Read

The Ann Arbor Symphony will promote its director of marketing and communications, Tyler Rand [pictured], to the post of executive director in January. He succeeds Mary Steffek Blaske, who will retire in December after 25 years in the job. Rand, … » Read

When Laurence Fishburne needed inspiration as a struggling young actor, he looked at photos of great artists to help him focus, including opera star Jessye Norman. At Norman’s funeral Saturday in her hometown of Augusta, Georgia — … » Read

Barrie Kosky, Intendant at Berlin’s Komische Oper since 2012, enjoys a well-deserved reputation as an innovative producer of operettas as well as traditional operas. His rendition of Offenbach’s Orphée was the hit of this past … » Read

The Paris Chamber Orchestra (L’Orchestre de chambre de Paris), has named German pianist/conductor Lars Vogt, 49, as its new music director. With approval of the city and the Ministry of Culture, and in consultation with the members of the … » Read