Alfred Hubay, a behind-the-scenes legend at the Metropolitan Opera, died at age 93 on Oct. 3. In 1943, exactly 75 years earlier to the day, he had begun his career with the company as an usher in the Family Circle of the original opera house on … » Read

On Nov. 28, Sotheby’s London will offer at auction over 300 lots of furniture, personal jewelry, Russian works of art, books, scores, and musical instruments that belonged to Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, world-renowned … » Read

Violinist Vijay Gupta, 32, son of an immigrant family from India, recently received one of 25 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, or genius grants, for 2018. The citation for his $625,000 award, paid out over five years, recognizes him for … » Read

Jennifer Rivera is the new executive director and CEO of Long Beach Opera. She succeeds Jerold Kappel, who left last month after just under three years in the job. Rivera, a onetime mezzo-soprano soloist, has been with the company since 2017, in … » Read

Pacific Chorale has hired Andrew Brown, the chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, as its new president and CEO. The Costa-Mesa, CA, ensemble, a mix of 140 volunteers and professionals, is located about 40 miles south of Los … » Read

Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska is to be music director of the Theater Basel as of the 2019/2020 season. Her appointment was announced by Intendant Andreas Beck and incoming Opera Director Pavel B. Jiracek, with whom she worked at the Komische … » Read

UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music has seven new faculty members: Indian and Tibetan music expert Anna Morcom [pictured] has been appointed Mohindar Brar Sambhi Endowed Chair in Indian Music. Among her books, Illicit Words of Indian Dance: … » Read

London-based Portuguese conductor and pianist Dinis Sousa [pictured] has been appointed assistant conductor of the three Monteverdi ensembles: the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. He … » Read

If Kathleen Turner can garner a Tony nomination for her brutal portrayal of Martha [pictured] in a recent Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf , then surely she’ll be a convincingly imperious Duchess of Krakenthorp in … » Read

Artistically speaking, Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov is having a good year. His Gogol Center Theater remains one of Moscow’s best, his film on the 1980s Leningrad rock scene won praise at Cannes, his production of Nureyev finally … » Read