The centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth this year will be the occasion for several celebrations of his work as a composer, conductor, and musical polemicist. In anticipation of upcoming festivals by the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC … » Read

Otto Schenk, whose opulent productions of Wagner held sway at the Metropolitan Opera from the late 1970s to the early ’90s, died at his home in Austria on Jan. 9. He was 94. Known in Austria for his talents as an actor, particularly in … » Read

Tonight, Bryn Terfel will take to the Metropolitan Opera stage as Baron Scarpia, opposite soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in Tosca . Long a Met favorite, the Welsh bass-baritone has been absent from the company for 13 years due to injury and a … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against … » Read

It appears that wealthy Metropolitan Opera snowbirds are supporting the  appearance of Anna Netrebko at the February fund raiser for the Palm Beach Opera (PBO), her first Stateside engagement since being fired by the Met three years ago. The … » Read

Tom Johnson, a composer whose Village Voice columns between 1971 and 1983 documented the emergence of American minimalism, died on Dec. 31 at his home in Paris. He was 85. After earning B.A. and M.M. degrees from Yale University, the Colorado … » Read

German conductor Hermann Bäumer [left] is to be the next music director of the Prague State Opera, succeeding Andriy Yurkevych, who is leaving for personal reasons. Bäumer, 59, steps into the role as of the 2025-26 season. He has led a … » Read

For decades, Michael Tilson Thomas appeared ageless, possessed of what one interviewer characterizes as “a mercurially boyish grace and elegance.” In 2022, the news that he had contracted an aggressive form of brain cancer offered a … » Read

The Moab Music Festival, coming up on its 33 rd anniversary of indoor/outdoor concerts amid Utah’s red rocks, has announced the exit of cofounding directors Michael Barrett and Leslie Tomkins and the arrival of violinist Tessa Lark as the … » Read

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky  has signed with Intermusica for management. The Canadian soprano is a headliner at the world’s major opera houses. This season she returns to the Met as Tosca, a role she later sings with Deutsche Oper … » Read