After nearly three decades as general director of Opera North, Richard Mantle has announced he will step down this December. He will leave behind a company much improved by his presence. After postings at English National Opera, Scottish Opera, … » Read

NEW YORK -- Tenor Stephen Gould, who announced earlier this month that he had been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer, has died. He was 61. Gould's agent Stephanie Ammann confirmed the singer died Tuesday in Virginia. No other details were … » Read

Beginning with the 2025/26 season, Tomáš Netopil will become the chief conductor and music director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He will succeed Tomáš Brauner, in the post since 2020. Currently principal guest … » Read

Jenny Wong is the San Francisco Symphony Chorus director as of the 2023-24 season, also the ensemble’s 50th. She is the fourth person to take the job, joining an impressive lineage: Louis Magor (1974–1982), Vance George … » Read

Met Chorus Master Donald Palumbo will step down at the end of the current season in June. He will have been in the job 17 years and is credited with creating one of the best, if not the best, choruses in the world—a rank confirmed at the … » Read

The effort to ban Anna Netrebko from the world’s premier opera stages after Russia invaded Ukraine has never been fail-safe; she has since appeared at the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro alla Scala. Now the ban is showing … » Read

Having restructured the executive team last fall, Menna Mark Hanna [pictured], who succeeded Nigel Redden as general director and CEO of the Spoleto Festival in 2021, is now moving on to matters artistic. Last week the festival announced the … » Read

The Florida Orchestra has promoted Chelsea Gallo [pictured] from assistant to resident conductor.  She will lead her first Masterworks Series concerts in the coming season; Gallo is principal guest conductor of the Orlando Philharmonic, a … » Read

On Sept. 1, Sarah Cole became Interim Dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, succeeding Carol Becker, who was in the role for 16 years. Cole will step aside from her current post as the Dean of Humanities for the duration of her … » Read

On Sept. 22 George Benjamin’s latest opera— Picture a Day Like This —arrives at the Royal Opera House after its premiere at Aix-en-Provence this past summer. The work is the latest product of a remarkable partnership between the … » Read