Jennifer Ritvo Hughes, executive director of Boston’s Cantata Singers, is to take the same position with the Boston Baroque, as of November 26. She succeeds Miguel Rodriguez, in the job for six years and now moving into the non-profit … » Read

Evans Mirageas will exit his post as VP of artistic planning for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in December; he plans to spend more time with the Cincinnati Opera, where he has (simultaneously) been artistic director since 2005. He’s been … » Read

STOCKHOLM—Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme was awarded the 2018 Birgit Nilsson Prize amidst festivities that would do any operatic gala proud. The award ceremony in the Royal Opera House on October 11 was attended by Swedish King Karl … » Read

Gemma New, resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony and music director of the Hamilton (Ontario) Philharmonic, will add the Dallas Symphony to her CV as of the 2019-20 season, when she becomes the DSO’s principal guest conductor. The … » Read

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