Sony Music Entertainment has announced two key promotions from within the company ranks to replace Bogdan Rošcic as head of the Sony Music Classical business when he steps down to become artistic director of the Vienna State Opera next … » Read

Last week, Simon Woods announced he would exit the Los Angeles Philharmoni c as president and CEO; today Paul Meecham has announced he will leave the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera as president and CEO—in five days, no less. Meecham has been in … » Read

Francesca Campagna is the new general director for The Center for Contemporary Opera (CCO) in New York. She succeeds Jim Schaeffer, who served as artistic and general until June of 2018, when he retired after ten years in the job. The company was … » Read

There can’t be too many women out there singing Wotan, but these days Lucia Lucas numbers Wagner’s flawed deity among her signature roles. One of a handful of transgender singers making increasing waves on the current operatic scene, … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has a new leadership model for its annual Sommerfest in July. Rather than appoint a new artistic director—the last was Andrew Litton, who stepped down in 2017 —it has opted instead for a “Creative Partner … » Read

As reports of internal dissatisfaction grew loude r on NPR and in the Associated Press, Plácido Domingo has told The New York Times that he would withdraw from performing Verdi’s Macbeth and, indeed, from all future performances. … » Read

Anne Midgette, chief classical music critic for The Washington Post since 2008, is leaving the paper. Midgette, known as the first female critic to write for The New York Times regularly when she started there in 2001, has decided to move on. Her … » Read

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will soon be in the market for a new concertmaster. On Sept. 20 the MSO announced that after 25 years in the first chair, Frank Almond will retire at the conclusion of the 2019-2020 season. In a statement … » Read

Baltimore-based composer Christopher Rouse died yesterday, according to a statement from his publisher Boosey & Hawkes. He was 70. No cause of death was stated. Rouse was a prolific and oft-commissioned composer, with five symphonies and no … » Read

The Cleveland Orchesta, which opens the Carnegie Hall season on October 3, has extended the contract of its music director, Franz Welser-Möst, for five additional years, through 2027. The Austrian conductor, now 59, will have been on the … » Read