Luciano Pavarotti undoubtedly will reach an even wider public than he did during his lifetime with the release of director Ron Howard’s film Pavarotti . Promising to explore “The Voice…The Man…The Legend,” the … » Read

Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, under house arrest largely for his outspoken views since August 2017, was unexpectedly released on April 8. The Moscow City Court’s ruling freed Serebrennikov and two of his … » Read

Conductor Gerard Schwarz has been named distinguished professor of music, conducting, and orchestral studies at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Schwarz, New York based, is conductor laureate of the Seattle Symphony, emeritus … » Read

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 The Boston Symphony has just announced that Gustavo Dudamel has withdrawn from all of this week’s of concerts, including tomorrow night’s performances of Schumann’s Spring Symphony and Stravinsky’s … » Read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