The hue and cry in response to  Constantine Orbelian’s firing as director of Armenia’s national opera theater--a.k.a. the Alexander Spendiarian National Opera and Ballet Theater—appears to have subsided, momentarily. … » Read

Larry Hancock, Opera San José’s general director since 2014, has announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2019-20 season. Since 1984, when the company’s founder Irene Dalis made him her first hire, Hancock has filled … » Read

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A violinist for a Texas symphony has suffered an apparent heart attack during a weekend performance and died despite the efforts of doctors in the audience who rushed to help him. Sixty-year-old Yu Zhao Gu was … » Read

Australian conductor Simone Young [pictured] will replace Music Director Jaap van Zweden in the New York Philharmonic's concerts this week, April 11-13. Repertoire is Mahler Symphony No. 6. An orchestra spokesperson indicated the conductor had … » Read

First Jaap, now Gustavo. The Boston Symphony has just announced that Gustavo Dudamel has withdrawn from all of this week’s of concerts, including tomorrow night’s performances of Schumann’s Spring Symphony and Stravinsky’s … » Read

Conductor Nil Venditti [pictured], a former principal cello of Rome's Santa Cecilia Youth Orchestra, has evolved into a successful conductor, currently studying in Zürich under the guidance of Johannes Schlaefli, and planning to work with … » Read

Her concerts in Los Angeles this week nothwithstanding, a recent article in the Guardian indicates that City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Music Director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla has cancelled all guest conducting for at least two years. … » Read

UPDATE, 3:30 PM. Columbia Artists has confirmed that industry stalwart Doug Sheldon, the longtime artist manager named chairman of the realigned firm just one year ago , has left the company. Asked for a statement, a reporter was referred to … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has appointed two new conductors, one in the position of assistant, another as a conducting fellow. The two were chosen out of some 600 applicants for the jobs, the latter of which was newly created by Music Director … » Read

Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and its choruses since 2016 [one year after being a Musical America New Artist of the Month ], epitomizes a new generation of female conductors that … » Read