The Eugene (OR) Symphony has tapped Alex Prior, 32, to succeed Francesco Lecce-Chong as music director next fall. Prior, a native of the U.K., was until 2022 chief conductor of the Edmonton (CA) Symphony before moving on to be music director of … » Read

Italy’s Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli has appointed Nicola Colabianchi [pictured] as superintendent of the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice. He arrives after five years in the same post with the Cagliari Lirico. Colabianchi succeeds … » Read

The League of American Orchestras is partnering with the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) on a third national consortium to strengthen the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program (OCP). Established in 2014, the OCP … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—“Davidsen Goes out with a Bang,” read the headline in Broadway World’s review of the Metropolitan Opera revival of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” And indeed Lise Davidsen is in a sense “going … » Read

The last edition of the Lucerne Summer Festival under the direction of Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger launches on Aug. 12. Shaped by the theme of “Open End,” the programming features works that are either part of an … » Read

Esteban Batallán's abrupt departure as principal trumpet for the Philadelphia Orchestra just six months after his arrival set tongues wagging. He has now explained why he is returning to Chicago for the same position, after a year’s … » Read

An anonymous buyer spent $23 million—the highest amount ever paid for a violin—for the “Baron Knoop” violin made by Antonio Stradivari. David L. Fulton, the U.S. collector sold the instrument, bought it in 1992 for $2.75 … » Read

  A 65-year-old conductor who was Covent Garden’s music director from 2002-24, Pappano succeeded Simon Rattle as the LSO’s chief conductor last September and has a quick commute from his home in Hampstead to the LSO’s … » Read

EVANSTON, Ill.— After Sir Andrew Davis was diagnosed with leukemia, the conductor and his son Ed Frazier Davis began to discuss end-of-life plans. Rather than a funeral, the elder Davis wanted a musical “celebration of life” … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025/26 season, the company’s 71 st and  John Mangum’s first as general director, president ,& CEO, includes two world premieres, two Lyric premieres, and three new-to-Chicago productions. … » Read