NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater have commissioned 42-year-old  Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets to write an opera  about Ukrainian mothers going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained … » Read

When two young climate protesters representing Renovate Switzerland interrupted a performance by the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival on Sept. 8, conductor Vladimir Jurowski took the high road, urging the audience to let them … » Read

A survey by the U.K. Musicians’ Union and the charity Help Musicians of nearly 6,000 working British musicians—87 percent of whom were white—indicates that nearly half earn less than £14,000 ($17,460) a year. This is … » Read

With the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel as music and artistic director designate, two years hence, the New York Philharmonic receives its largest-ever single endowment gift: $40 million from Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang.  Mr. Tang is the … » Read

CARDIFF—The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov’s first opera, Ainadamar , during the 2024-25 season, and to judge by the local premiere that opened at the Welsh Millennium Center on September 9, … » Read

After 11 years heading Florida Grand Opera, Susan Danis has resigned as general director and CEO, the company’s board of directors announced on Sept. 11. “The board thanks Ms. Danis for her tireless efforts on behalf of FGO throughout … » Read

The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM)—an annual, highly prestigious event that rotates among voice, piano, and violin— has chosen a leadership team from within to succeed Christiane LeBlanc, who announced her … » Read

Alexander Brose, who was named to succeed Dr. Peter Simon [pictured] as president & CEO of Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music this past February, has begun the year-long transition period to take over the job. Simon will have led the … » Read

Gaetano Donizetti was one of the early 19 th- century’s most prolific opera composers, writing almost 70 works between 1816 and his death in 1843. But for almost a century afterward, few of his works other than Lucia di Lammermoor and Don … » Read

Although the administration of the Cleveland Institute of Music cleared conductor Carlos Kalmar of Title IX allegations in August , finding the charges without substance, a number of students remain unconvinced of the innocence of the school's … » Read