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

How to follow an act as iconic as the Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular, complete with 36 Rockettes as backward-cascading toy soldiers, 4200-pipe mighty Wurlitzer in full cry, and accompanying orchestra in a … » Read

Fred Child, who resigned in October after a 25-year run as host of the NPR-originated program Performance Today, is moving to a different side of classical music radio. As of January 2, he is to be president and CEO of All Classical Radio, … » Read

Beginning in 2026, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will mark the 50 th anniversary of her international debut with two years of projects including new recordings, a curated Deutsche Gramophone discography, and global concerts at venues of special … » Read

Dave Stewart, co-founder with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics [pictured], is making the case that artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force…. Everybody should be selling or licensing their voice and their skills to these … » Read