British director Amy Lane, head staff director for the Royal Opera, is to become artistic director of the ten-year-old Copenhagen Opera Festival. Having started out as a backup singer for the likes of Barry Manilow, she subsequently moved on to … » Read

Annilese Miskimmon—current director of opera at Den Norske Opera and Ballet/Norwegian National Opera & Ballet—is to be the new artistic director of the English National Opera. She succeeds Daniel Kramer, who left in August after … » Read

Luigi de Magistris, Mayor of Naples (Italy) and president of the city’s Teatro San Carlo, has announced that St é phane Lissner [pictured] current general director of the Paris Opera, is to be the new superintendent of the Teatro San … » Read

In June 2020 the 45-year-old Takács Quartet will welcome a new violist in Richard O'Neill. He succeeds Geraldine Walther, who is retiring after 15 years with the ensemble; her final concert with the group will be on May 22, 2020, at the … » Read

The other shoe dropped today, as the Los Angeles Opera announced that its President and CEO Christopher Koelsch will add the responsibilities of general director to his role in the wake of Plácido Domingo’s resignation last week. … » Read

Tenor Marcello Giordani, renowned for a voice of beauty and heft that made him a star at the world's top opera houses, died Saturday. He was 56. Giordani had a heart attack following lunch at his home in Monte Tauro, a suburb of Augusta in … » Read

Soprano Larisa Martínez and violinist Joshua Bell were married October 5th at their home in Westchester County, NY.  New York Times columnist David Brooks presided. Born in Puerto Rico, Martinez is a onetime Metropolitan Opera … » Read

Plácido Domingo received Mexico's first annual Batuta prize in classical music on Saturday, although he was not in attendance at the ceremony in Mexico City. Domingo was chosen in May to receive the first edition of the prize. … » Read

The Music Academy of the West (MAW) has appointed Jamie Broumas to the newly created position of chief artistic officer. Currently director of classical and new music programs at the Kennedy Center, she will assume her new job in January. Founded … » Read

Not every parent would want to go to work everyday with their child. But for John Ferrillo, principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) since 2001, sharing the stage with his daughter Mary, a violist, as of the new season, represents … » Read