The UK’s former education secretary/minister for women and equalities, Nicky Morgan, is to be the new secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport under new Prime Minister Boris Johnson. She succeeds Jeremy Wright, becoming the … » Read

Edward Gardner, erstwhile chief conductor of the English National Opera, is to be the next principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the first Brit to take up the post since 1967, when John Pritchard was succeeded by Bernard … » Read

Just weeks before exceeding its annual fund goal of $2.5 million, the Cleveland Institute of Music announced the appointment of Constance Skingel [pictured] as its new director of development. She started last week, succeeding Dan Coleman who … » Read

Keitaro Harada is to be the new music and artistic director for the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO). He will serve as director designate for the 2019-2020 season, and assume his responsibilities full-time beginning with the 2020-2021 … » Read

Alexander Neef is to succeed Stephane Lissner as director of the Paris Opera starting with the 2021-22 season. The 45-year-old Neefhas been general director of the Canadian Opera Company since June 2008. He became artistic director of the Santa … » Read

The Florentine Opera Company’s chorus master of 40 years, Scott S. Stewart, is stepping down. It’s a move no doubt related to the arrival of  new General Director and CEO Maggey Oplinger last March and her first appointee, … » Read

Allan Ulrich, San Francisco-based arts critic admired for his erudite opinions, died on July 22 at the age of 78. The cause was cancer. Born in New York, raised in Montreal, Ulrich was an active Bay Area free-lancer before joining the staff of … » Read

William Graziosi [pictured], whose appointment as general manager of Teatro Regio in April of 2018 prompted Gianandrea Noseda to resign after 11 years as music director, has fallen out of favor. Pending approval by the Italian Culture Minister, … » Read

Hugh Southern, British-born deputy chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1982-89, then NEA acting chair (briefly) then Met Opera general manager (even more briefly), died on July 15 in Leesburg, VA. He was 87; his wife reports the … » Read

The legal troubles of David Daniels, the internationally acclaimed countertenor and University of Michigan (UM) opera professor, have gotten worse. An accusation that Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, raped a Rice University student in 2010 … » Read