The Cincinnati Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), ratified on March 3 by the union’s board of governors. The contract, retroactive to January 1, 2025, extends … » Read

After nearly a decade, David Snead will step down as president and chief executive of the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) at the end of the 2024-2025 season in May. Snead, who joined the organization in 2015 after postings at the New York … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season, Gustavo Dudamel’s 17 th and last as music and artistic director. The menu includes 25 commissioned works, including 20 world premieres and three U.S. premieres. Following the … » Read

CHICAGO—The world needs more tenors like Karim Sulayman. Sulayman, 48, showed uncommon grace, levity, and nuance in a Feb. 27 recital hosted by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC). Sulayman was born and raised in Chicago; … » Read

LONDON—The adrenaline was flowing at this February 28 Barbican Centre concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBCSO) and Elim Chan. Not only was the Hong Kong-born conductor—a rapidly rising star and the first woman to win the … » Read

Moby-Dick arrives the Metropolitan Opera with an impressive track record. In the years since its 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, the Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera has racked up performances in a dozen different opera houses. This production, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The megahit Broadway musical Hamilton is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., next year, citing Trump’s shakeup of the art institution’s … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) have “paused” the five-year-old Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) in response to a memo from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of … » Read

The two-year-old No Name Pops, soon to be known again as the Philly Pops by permission of the estate of the late Peter Nero, has tapped Christopher Dargon as its first music director. The Australian conductor holds conducting positions with the … » Read

The upcoming season for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) combines its traditional quality programming with a new partnership with the Colburn School. Since it was founded in 1968, LACO has performed in several different venues, including … » Read