As Stéphane Denève takes over as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra [pictured], seven new musicians arrive in the ranks, all filling the places of retirees, according to a SLSO spokesperson. In the viola section, … » Read

VIENNA – Dominique Meyer, director of the Vienna State Opera since 2010, and Christian Kircher, managing director of Bundestheater-Holding, the government-run agency that oversees the State Opera, the Volksoper, and the Burgtheater, have … » Read

The Berkeley (CA) Symphony will enter its 49 th season next month with a realigned executive structure, as well as a new music director in Joseph Young . (He succeeds Joana Carneiro, now emerita, who leaves after nine seasons in the job.) In the … » Read

After a recent rehearsal of Handel’s Agrippina at the Royal Opera House, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato enthusiastically reminded Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian’s music critic, of how relevant the story is to our contemporary world. … » Read

Just on the heels of announcing 29-year-old American Ryan Bancroft as its new principal conductor, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales (BBC NOW) has named Lisa Tregale as its first ever woman director. She starts in the new year, … » Read

A year ago, Priti Gandhi left her post as artistic administrator at the San Diego Opera to become the chief artistic officer of the Minnesota Opera, intent on building on the company’s reputation as a leader in promoting diversity in the … » Read

Simon Woods, who succeeded Deborah Borda as CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has been in the job just 20 months , has resigned, with immediate effect. "The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an extraordinary organization in every respect," he … » Read

Ever loyal to his hometown orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has signed a contract for life with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, just as they begin their 20th season together. Now the music director of the … » Read

It’s been one year since the New York Philharmonic suspended principal oboe Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey for engaging in “misconduct.” The two have subsequently been dismissed, but arbitration … » Read

CHICAGO--The  announcement Thursday that 51-year-old Barcelona-born Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola would become Lyric Opera of Chicago’s third music director beginning in 2021-22 may have been a surprise. But it didn’t exactly … » Read