On June 27 the board of the San Francisco Opera elected Barbara A. Wolfe to succeed John Gunn as its new chair, effective as of August. Gunn, who is to become chair emeritus, has held the position since 2008 and steps down at the end of the … » Read

Paul Sperry, a tenor whose devotion to songs by living American composers as well as some of the most challenging by late-20th-century Europeans won praise here and abroad, died in New York on June 13. He was 90. A graduate of Harvard and Harvard … » Read

Sarah Cole, an expert in literary modernism, has been promoted from interim to dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts, encompassing the departments of film, theater, visual and sound Arts, and writing. She has been serving as … » Read

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has named Samuel Hollister as its next assistant conductor, succeeding  Stephanie Childress who exited the job in 2023 and has moved on to some high-profile engagements. Hollister, chosen after … » Read

Michelle Miller Burns, president and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, is to take the same position with the Dallas Symphony as of September 23. She succeeds Kim Noltemy, who was  announced in May as the new president and CEO of the Los … » Read

Five musicians representing 180 years of experience with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will play their last subscription concerts this weekend. Their final weeks have played out under the pall cast by Esa-Pekka Salonen’s announcement … » Read

The power couple has split up. Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov have made a joint statement to the  Austria Presse Agentur (APA) that they are breaking up, although they say they will honor prescheduled commitments to perform together. "After … » Read

The Cassatt Quartet, which next season celebrates its 40 th anniversary, has announced Emily Brandenburg as its new violist, succeeding Rosemary Nelis, a newcomer in 2022. Brandenburg is the previous artist-in-residence at the University of … » Read

Stephanie Beatrice is to be the new music director of the Philharmonic Society of Arlington (MA), a volunteer community music organization incorporating The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, and The … » Read

LONDON—It’s a mark of a fine actor when you see him multiple times and only realize it’s the same person when you check his program biography. In 2021 at Grange Park’s The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko I admired … » Read