Dolora Zajick, one of opera’s preeminent dramatic Verdi mezzo-sopranos, will retire in May of 2020, following three appearances in Janácek's Káta Kabanová at the Metropolitan Opera. Zajick has sung more than 260 … » Read

The Bozeman (MT) Symphony has hired one of its former musicians, Emily Paris-Martin, to be its executive director. Paris-Martin played with the orchestra from 2002-2015, before turning to the administrative side. She served as operations manager, … » Read

Lyric Opera of Chicago announced a major artistic change today, with longtime Music Director Sir Andrew Davis stepping down at the end of 2020-21 and Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola stepping into his shoes immediately thereafter. In the … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra is having a hard time getting its season underway. Tomorrow night’s opening was supposed to have been conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, with Janine Jansen as soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin … » Read

Just one week out from the opening of its 138 th season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced that its concertmaster of 35 years, Malcolm Lowe, is stepping down, effective immediately. Lowe, 66, has been absent from Symphony Hall for over … » Read

John Glover, VP and director of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DiMenna Center for Classical Music, is to be the new director of artistic planning for the Kaufman Music Center, which includes Merkin Hall. It’s a new position under the … » Read

Plácido Domingo, currently in rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera for the title role in Verdi’s Macbeth , opening two weeks from today, has had another accuser go public. Melinda McLain, a production coordinator at the LA Opera in … » Read

BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW), known for its comfort level in a variety of genres, has appointed a 29-year-old California-born maestro to be its next principal conductor, starting in September 2020. First- and audience-prize winner of … » Read

A press release from the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in Geneva announcing a new interim secretary general prompted the question of Benjamin Woodruffe’s whereabouts. Woodruffe [pictured] has been at the helm … » Read

As The New York Times and other high-profile outlets herald the arrival of Kirill Petrenko as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic as classical music’s Second Coming, one highly knowledgeable,  multi-award-winning critic is not so … » Read