LONDON—It’s not uncommon for opera companies to investigate a composer’s first thoughts, early versions of works supplanted by what most would consider musical or dramatic improvements. Curiously, in the case of La Rondine , … » Read

The Auburn (WA) Symphony Orchestra has promoted Gabi Galloway , director of individual giving, to executive director as of January 1. She succeeds Rachel Perry. Galloway is credited with expanding the depth and breadth of patronage for the … » Read

The Terra String Quartet (TSQ) has added the 2025 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition to its long list of triumphs, winning a $15,000 cash award, recitals at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Hall, and a commissioned work and … » Read

As of September 2026, Nathalie Stutzmann will succeed Kazuki Yamada as music and artistic director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (OPMC). Her four-year term will see her become the first woman to serve in the role in the 170-year … » Read

CHICAGO—Antonio Salieri may be the most famous classical composer whose music you’ve never heard. Chicago Opera Theater (COT) remedied that situation last week with the local premiere of Falstaff , Salieri’s lithe 1799 opera … » Read

Ls Scala’s second performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk never came to its written conclusion. Before the final act got underway, Music Director Riccardo Chailly was on his way to the hospital, feeling unwell as … » Read

The name of Sir Georg Solti has for years been associated with annual grants to young American conductors sponsored by The Solti Foundation . In recent years his name was also connected with an international competition held in Frankfurt under … » Read

In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera The Judgment of Paris by composer Jake Heggie. A rare … » Read

The Music Academy of the West’s plan to transform a downtown Santa Barbara building into a music center recently met with great enthusiasm from the city’s Historical Landmarks Commission. The three-story former Forever 21 building, … » Read

The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, created in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Chambéry and Annecy in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It’s an ensemble of 23 permanent players (19 strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns), … » Read