It’s no surprise but nonetheless disheartening to learn that, among victims of the current White House Administration’s directives, the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities (PCAH), which Biden resuscitated after his … » Read

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The reputation of Vanessa has gone through some rocky times. The Samuel Barber/Gian Carlo Menotti opera, the first new work of Rudolf Bing’s Metropolitan Opera intendancy, was generally lauded at its 1958 world … » Read

On Sept. 25 the Philadelphia Orchestra will kick off its 125 th season with Yuja Wang playing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G in Marian Anderson Hall to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The orchestra’s … » Read

BOSTON—Imagine an opera with a gorgeous score by Wagner, Mahler, Puccini, Zemlinsky, Richard and Johann Strauss, and Erich Korngold, whose sweeping romantic soundtracks for The Adventures of Robin Hood and Anthony Adverse (among many … » Read

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has extended Music Director Kazuki Yamada’s contract for two years, through the end of the 2028-29 season. He assumed the post in April of 2023, after having served as guest conductor since … » Read

Natalie Johnsonius Neubert, recent executive director of the Berkshire Music School, is to be president and CEO of the Berkshire Opera Festival, coming up on its tenth anniversary season next summer. She succeeds Abigail Rollins, who served as … » Read

Kari Watson claims to be tired, but you wouldn’t guess it, apart from the sheepish acknowledgment and an occasional yawn. In a conversation at a café on Chicago’s West Side, Watson confessed to being up late copying scores for … » Read

CHICAGO—As recently as a decade ago, Michelle Cann, like many classical music lovers, didn’t know who Florence Price was. A friend set her straight in 2016, sending along Price’s Fantasies nègres . As Cann told a rapt … » Read

The turmoil in the executive suite at Opera Australia (OA) continues, as Fiona Allan, CEO for less than three years, announces her departure. She is leaving barely six months after Jo Davies, the company’s first female artistic director, … » Read

Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli is quickly becoming a major force in Chile’s classical music world. The current music director of the country’s National Youth Symphony Orchestra, he is to take the same title with Opera … » Read