As the art form changes, which artists will redefine what opera is, and perhaps more importantly, might be? Too often the bigger houses see opera through the directorial lens of the Broadway mega-musical; fortunately, there are a few bright young … » Read

Andrew Norman, Musical America’s  2017 Composer of the Year, is at the moment based in Los Angeles, but not for long. He will be relocating to New York to take on two major appointments next season: To hold the Debs Composer’s … » Read

Czech conductor Petr Popelka [pictured], conductor fellow of NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) as of next season, has joined the roster of Munich-based KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig. A … » Read

Both her playing and her devotion to haute couture are attention-grabbing every time Yuja Wang steps on a recital stage. But at a Feb. 21 concert in Vancouver the Chinese-American pianist (MA’s 2017 Artist of the Year) added something extra … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by … » Read

Dave Moss , executive director of the Haymarket Opera in Chicago and a former violist with the Chicago Philharmonic and Elgin Symphony, starts his new job as executive director of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra March 1. He succeeds Scott Harrison, … » Read

Tobi Tobias, longtime dance critic for New York magazine (1980-2002), contributor to The New York Times, The Village Voice, Bloomberg News, Dance Magazine , and other outlets, died on February 13 at her home in Manhattan. She was 81 and had been … » Read

Marguerite Lynn Williams, principal harp of the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra, is to be the new principal of the Minnesota Orchestra, effective next season. Williams--also on the faculties of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern … » Read

Renée Fleming is donating her personal archives to the Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections at Juilliard. The collection documents her career, from its beginnings in the 1980s up to the present, and includes selected correspondence, press … » Read

In 2002, family considerations led Esther Nelson to take a break from a successful career that had seen her at the helms of companies in Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and Cooperstown, N.Y. By the time the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) approached … » Read