Coming soon to a theater near you: Maria , Pablo Larraín’s biopic about soprano Maria Callas, as portrayed by Angelina Jolie. The film completes the Chilean director’s trilogy devoted to iconic women in moments of great stress: … » Read

Stephanie Havey has joined the Oberlin faculty as director of the Conservatory’s opera theater program, a tenure-track associate professorship within the Vocal Studies division. News of her appointment arrives on the heels of the … » Read

Scott Freck is to be the new VP of artistic operations and general manager of the Charlotte Symphony, which lays claim to being “the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas." Freck succeeds Michael Reichman , in the job 16 … » Read

Following live auditions in Symphony Hall, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has selected three young musicians as recipients of the Susan W. and Stephen D. Paine BSO Resident Fellowship for Early-Career Musicians, which supports string players from … » Read

NEW YORK — Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and … » Read

The Royal Swedish Opera has selected Tobias Theorell as the company’s new artistic director. He follows Michael Cavanagh, who passed away earlier this year after joining the company in 2021 . Theorell will assume his new responsibilities in … » Read

Lee Anne Myslewski [pictured] has been elected to serve as the new board chair of OPERA America through June 30, 2025, completing the term of Susan G. Marineau following her resignation due to health reasons. Myslewski, OPERA America’s vice … » Read

The Walla Walla (WA) Symphony, which traces its origins to 1907, has installed Dina Gilbert as its new music director, as of July 1. The successor to the late Yaacov Bergman, Gilbert, assistant conductor of the Montreal Symphony, first led her … » Read

More longtime Chicago Symphony Orchestra players are retiring. While trombonist Jay Friedman will leave at the end of next season , percussionist James Ross and cellist Loren Brown will make their official exits this summer; Brown has in fact … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has hired Jeff vom Saal as its chief operating officer (COO), effective in September. Vom Saal was for eight years the executive director of the Spokane (WA) Symphony, the most recent of a number of management positions … » Read