Nikolaus Bachler, artistic director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich since 2008, will take much the same responsibilities and title of the Salzburg Easter Festival, as of July 2020. He succeeds Peter Ruzicka, whose contract expires on June … » Read

Cori Ellison, renowned “opera whisperer” and a Musical America 2017 Top Professional of the Year , has been named by the Santa Fe Opera as its first full-time dramaturg, a post for which she is valued among companies from Glyndebourne … » Read

In an interview with Fiona Maddocks, Royal Opera House Music Director Antonio Pappano put to rest any thought that he was ready to leave and rued the difficulties likely to accompany the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. He anticipated … » Read

Charles Dutoit, disgraced after accusations of sexual harassment surfaced in December, 2017, has been given some relief by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. After the  news broke of his indiscretions against women … » Read

Richard Antoine White, principal tuba in the New Mexico Philharmonic and an associate professor and associate director of the Spirit Marching Band at the University of New Mexico, has come a long way from his hardscrabble beginnings in … » Read

Sara Mohr-Pietsch [pictured], a BBC Radio 3 host and producer, is to succeed Joanna MacGregor OBE as artistic director of the Dartington International Summer School and Festival at the end of the 2019 edition. Mohn-Pietsch, presenter of live from … » Read

Donald Trump has nominated Mary Anne Carter, a former chief policy adviser to Florida Governor (and U.S. Senate candidate) Rick Scott to be chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Aside from her 18-month tenure as the NEA’s … » Read

PARIS —Back in 2005, Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa [pictured]—the recent Marguerite de Valois in the Paris Opera’s Les Hugenots --weighed 210 pounds. Now she weighs just 123.   "That's a lot to lose. It took five … » Read

LOS ANGELES — Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a prolific player who provided his jazz sound to records across a vast range of styles and won two Grammys, has died at age 49, his manager said Saturday. Hargrove died in New York on Friday of cardiac … » Read

For the past 15 years, Andreas Mitisek, Long Beach Opera’s (LBO) artistic and general director, has positioned his company on the cutting edge of contemporary opera. “I’m not interested in museum art,” he tells the Long … » Read