Keitaro Harada, who became music and artistic director of the Savannah Philharmonic in the 2019-2020 season, has announced that he will exit in June, 2027. A graduate of Mercer University in Macon, GA, Harada began his career in the state, and … » Read

LONDON—Back in the day, BBC television’s situation comedies used to announce their end credits with the legend ‘’You have been watching….’’ The creative team for ENO’s new staging of The Elixir of … » Read

Olivier Leymarie, managing director of the Ensemble intercontemporain, is to become the deputy general director of the Festival d’Aix en Provence as of January 29, 2025. He succeeds François Vienne, who left in March 2024 and becomes … » Read

Giacomo Puccini died 100 years ago, on Nov. 29, 1924, but his works remain omnipresent. “Opera houses across the world,” opines Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times , “would probably have long thrown in the towel without bankers such … » Read

All’s well that ends well for French musician Ophélie Gaillard. On Sept. 24, her 300-year-old cello was stolen (for the second time) from her home. On Nov. 22 she was able to announce that the instrument and two bows had been … » Read

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) has named Dame Shirley Bassey to a three-year term as the institution’s president. She succeeds HM King Charles, who held the position while Prince of Wales. The position is an honorary one … » Read

LOS ANGELES—In September, the Getty Foundation launched PST ART:  Art & Science Collide , a sweeping collaborative initiative that encompasses exhibitions and performances currently taking place across Southern California and … » Read

Two years after being told by Arts Council England that it needed to relocate from London or face drastic funding cuts, English National Opera (ENO) has announced plans for its first three years in Manchester. ENO selected the city, albeit … » Read

The Berlin Philharmonic’s three Carnegie Hall concerts (Nov. 17, 18 and 19) under its Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko—part of a U.S. tour that also included Washington, D.C., Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Boston—offered one mixed … » Read

OPERA America has released Understanding Opera's New Audiences , a deep dive into the post-pandemic motivations, experiences, and barriers faced by new opera audiences. The study was undertaken in collaboration with Slover Linett, a leading … » Read