Afton Battle, a recent development consultant to a number of dance and theater groups, is to be the new general director of the Fort Worth Opera Company. A former professional vocalist, with degrees from Westminster Choir College, she succeeds … » Read

Mikko Franck, music director of the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France since 2015, has renewed his contract with the network through 2025. This marks the 41-year-old Finnish conductor’s second renewal with the orchestra, which reports … » Read

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hospitalized in Moscow for five days, suffering from Covid-19. Her Instagram posts claim “Everything will be fine! The devil is not so terrible as it is described.” In some ways, the news is hardly … » Read

After a reportedly serious illness, Katharina Wagner has sufficiently recovered to return to the helm of the Bayreuth Festival. “She's coming back and she's going to work again,” said the festival's press spokesman, Hubertus Herrmann, … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO — Ann Getty, a longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco who married into the storied Getty family, died September 14. She was 79. She died of a heart attack, her husband Gordon Getty said. A native of … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra may only be only performing in small ensemble configurations this fall, but that doesn’t seem to have prevented it from hiring new musicians—six, in fact, plus a new associate conductor/music director of … » Read

Askonas Holt has two additions to its roster for worldwide management: Portuguese conductor Dinis Sousa , signed to management for the first time, and French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig , who comes to AH from Vienna-based Hainzl and Delage. … » Read

A conflict over failure to follow established procedures when revising on-air playlists has led to Garrett McQueen’s dismissal from American Public Media (APM). McQueen, a professional bassoonist, had been host and producer of the … » Read

The board of directors of Virginia Opera have selected Peggy Kriha Dye as the organization’s new general director and CEO, effective Oct. 18, 2020. She succeeds Russell P. Allen, who is retiring after two different stints leading the … » Read

New York Times Chief Theater Critic, the most powerful voice in theater criticism and one that can close a show with a semicolon, is soon to be an open position. Ben Brantley will be stepping down as of October 15, having been with the paper … » Read