Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hospitalized in Moscow for five days, suffering from Covid-19. Her Instagram posts claim “Everything will be fine! The devil is not so terrible as it is described.” In some ways, the news is hardly … » Read

After a reportedly serious illness, Katharina Wagner has sufficiently recovered to return to the helm of the Bayreuth Festival. “She's coming back and she's going to work again,” said the festival's press spokesman, Hubertus Herrmann, … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO — Ann Getty, a longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco who married into the storied Getty family, died September 14. She was 79. She died of a heart attack, her husband Gordon Getty said. A native of … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra may only be only performing in small ensemble configurations this fall, but that doesn’t seem to have prevented it from hiring new musicians—six, in fact, plus a new associate conductor/music director of … » Read

Askonas Holt has two additions to its roster for worldwide management: Portuguese conductor Dinis Sousa , signed to management for the first time, and French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig , who comes to AH from Vienna-based Hainzl and Delage. … » Read

A conflict over failure to follow established procedures when revising on-air playlists has led to Garrett McQueen’s dismissal from American Public Media (APM). McQueen, a professional bassoonist, had been host and producer of the … » Read

The board of directors of Virginia Opera have selected Peggy Kriha Dye as the organization’s new general director and CEO, effective Oct. 18, 2020. She succeeds Russell P. Allen, who is retiring after two different stints leading the … » Read

New York Times Chief Theater Critic, the most powerful voice in theater criticism and one that can close a show with a semicolon, is soon to be an open position. Ben Brantley will be stepping down as of October 15, having been with the paper … » Read

With the shutdown of Columbia Artists, some of the field’s biggest names are moving onto other, smaller agencies. Martin Wittenberg, who left CAMI before its ultimate demise to start his own firm, has announced a number of new signings to … » Read

Just on the heels of the  new, five-year contract with its musicians and in planning an as-yet announced fall streaming season, the Baltimore Symphony has identified a new artistic team for this, Marin Alsop’s final season. Nicholas … » Read