The Yehudi Menuhin School, founded by the violinist/conductor in 1963, has announced several new appointments, two of which go into effect as of April 1, 2020. In the meantime, violinist Tasmin Little [pictured], an alumna of the school, has been … » Read

On Dec. 5 the other shoe dropped for Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo when the Royal Opera announced his firing following an investigation of an incident this past September in Tokyo. Grigolo allegedly groped a female chorister during the curtain … » Read

French conductor Alain Altinoglu, 44, is to succeed Andrés Orozco-Estrada as chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra as of 2021-22 for three seasons. Orozco-Estrada is headed to the helm of the Vienna Symphony, starting … » Read

Eun Sun Kim is to be the music director of the San Francisco Opera as of August 2021 and takes the title designate immediately. Kim, 39, was Musical America’s June 2018 New Artist of the Month , and is well known in European opera circles, … » Read

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has selected the Canadian stage director Julie McIsaac as its inaugural director/dramaturg-in-residence at the COC Academy, its professional development program. McIsaac, a seasoned stage director, dramaturg, … » Read

After an eight-year tenure, Sakurako Fisher will step down as president of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in December of 2020. Priscilla B. Geeslin, a member of the orchestra’s board since 1995, will succeed her. During her tenure, Fisher … » Read

When Riccardo Muti, Musical America’s 2010 Musician of the Year, was told that the Salzburg Festival was the 2020 “Festival of the Year,” he shared a favorite memory, as told to Susan Elliott, August 2019. The Salzburg Festival … » Read

Cecilia Bartoli is to become the first woman to run the Monte-Carlo Opera. Her appointment was announced today by Princess Caroline, who serves as chair of the board of directors.   Bartoli will still be “free to continue her work as a … » Read

Conductor Donald Runnicles, music director of the Grand Teton Music Festival, has said he will not continue in that capacity unless three members of the orchestra recently fired by management are reinstated. Last month violist Kristin Linfante, a … » Read

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti has succeeded Jonathan Eaton as artistic director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, which this summer runs July 10-26. Eaton, in the job since 2012, left in October. Cornetti, dubbed “world-renowned” by … » Read