The Bayreuth Festival announced a significant box office bounce back even as the 2024 season drew to a close. In all, 58,000 people attended this year’s performances with all 30 shows sold out. It comes as a relief after several years of … » Read

PORTLAND—The sound of an immense volume of water rushing over a series of cascading falls in the Columbia River. The feel of the mist clouding the air and the eye of the Native-American hitting the heads of the salmon as they jump to clear … » Read

The Bayreuth Festival has announced that Thomas Eitler-de Lint is to be the new director of the Festival Chorus. He succeeds Eberhard Friedrich , who stepped down earlier this month after 24 years in the position. Eitler-de Lint has been choir … » Read

As of this September, Elias Miller is the new assistant conductor for Ohio’s Columbus Symphony and music director of the city’s youth orchestra. Chosen from among three finalists, Miller’s appointment is his first full-time … » Read

Alexander Goehr, a British composer perhaps better known for those he taught than what he wrote, died on Aug. 26 at the age of 92. As a newborn he arrived from Berlin in 1932 with his father Walter, a composer and conductor of note who had … » Read

On Sept. 28, the San Diego Symphony will return to its new/old downtown concert hall. After four-and-a-half-years (two due to the pandemic and construction delays) and more than $125 million spent , the Jacobs Music Center will welcome the … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has a new principal flute in Martha Long; she succeeds Emily Skala, in the job over 30 years until  she was fired in 2021 for bizarre social media postings about the outcome of the 2020 election and the … » Read

Greg Carpenter has announced his intention to resign as general and artistic director of Opera Colorado at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. He joined the company in 2004 as director of development and three years later assumed the top post. … » Read

Talk about fresh starts: The Charlotte Symphony is starting 2024-25 with has a new music director in Kawame Ryan,  a new VP of artistic operations and GM in Scott Freck, and, as of this week, a new contract with its musicians that should … » Read

LONDON—The BBC Proms appear to be going gangbusters this year with most events packed to the rafters. This Royal Albert Hall appearance by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was no exception, despite the program being a grab bag of … » Read