The late Herbert Kuperferberg was assigned in 1981 by Musical America to write a profile of Jessye Norman at the height of her career. She was the 1982 Musician of the Year yet her Metropolitan Opera debut was still one year away. A soprano who … » Read

That was quick—but also inevitable, perhaps. Chad Smith, who first joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2002 and was named COO in 2015, is the new President and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “The LA Phil has been my creative … » Read

On Sept. 27 the 92 nd Street Y tapped Seth Pinsky as its new chief executive, beginning in January 2020. A former head of the Bloomberg administration’s economic development corporation, Pinsky succeeds Henry Timms, who was appointed … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn … » Read

The Met mourns the loss of Jessye Norman, one of the great sopranos of the past half-century. Starting with her Met debut as Cassandra in Berlioz’s Les Troyens on Opening Night of the Met’s centennial 1983–84 season, Norman sang … » Read

Tshombe Selby has made a professional leap that is the stuff of dreams. The 35-year-old tenor, whose "day" job is working as an usher at the Metropolitan Opera, finds himself on the opera house stage as part of the choral ensemble for the current … » Read

Conductor Michael Stern, eager to spend more time with his family in Connecticut, has added the Stamford (CT) Symphony to his music directorships. Earlier this month, he renewed his contract with the Kansas City Symphony, where he has been since … » Read

Martin Bernheimer, former staff music critic for the Los Angeles Times (1965-96) and longtime free-lancer for numerous outlets, died on September 29 in Manhattan. He was 83. His wife, theater critic Linda Winer, tells the Washington Post that he … » Read

Charlotte Schroeder has announced her intention to exit the presidency of Colbert Artists Management as of year’s end and tapped as her successor Lee Prinz, current senior VP for artist management and booking. In an open letter to … » Read

The season premiere of Verdi’s Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday evening (Sept. 25) felt like a routine event, which no doubt is just the way the company wanted it. One of the most newsworthy cast changes in the company’s … » Read