PARIS--Stéphane Lissner  pronounced late last week that the Paris Opera was “on its knees,” and that he would leave early as general director such that his successor, Alexander Neef, current head of the Canadian Opera … » Read

Australian conductor Nicholas Carter [pictured], chief conductor of the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and the Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, is to be the new director of the Konzert Theater Bern starting in the 2021/22 season, as well as the chief … » Read

Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan, an early graduate of the El Sistema program, is to be the new chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) as of 2021. He arrives as Vasily Petrenko exits his 15-year tenure to become … » Read

The Cambridge-based Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) has named a successor to Alexander Van Ingen as chief executive, effective September 1. He is John McMunn, current general manager of the London period instrument and choral ensemble Gabrieli. As … » Read

Cellist André Emelianoff died on May 30 after a decade-long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was 78. A prominent international soloist and new-music proponent, he was a 30-year member of the Naumburg Award-winning DaCapo … » Read

What do you do after you have just finished playing one of the longest piano pieces in existence—Eric Satie’s Vexations ? If you’re Igor Levit, you sleep for a few hours and then get together with friends to search out even … » Read

French violinist and conductor Renaud Capuçon is to succeed Joshua Weilerstein as artistic director of the Orchestre de Chamber Lausann e (OCL) as of the 2021-22 season. His most recent collaboration with the orchestra, last March to an … » Read

Jane Moss, artistic director of the presenting arm of Lincoln Center—which includes Mostly Mozart, Great Performers, the White Light Festival, and more—will step down from her post on August 1. She has no immediate plans, other than … » Read

Joel Revzen, staff conductor for the Metropolitan Opera, died on May 25, from complications from the coronavirus. He was 74. He made his Met conducting debut in 2017, with Eugene Onegin starring Anna Netrebko and Peter Mattei. “As an … » Read

American bass John Macurdy, a stalwart at the Metropolitan Opera for nearly 40 years, died at 91 on May 7. The Detroit native stepped onto the Met’s stage 1,001 times to sing 62 different roles, from his 1962 debut in Verdi’s Un Ballo … » Read