The period of time in an opera singer’s life between student productions and hoped-for roles with a major company can often be a professional desert, devoid of opportunities to perform. In 2019, three friends in Seattle—Christine … » Read

The Philly POPS has amended its lawsuit against the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. (POKC), claiming POKC has a monopoly on programming and performances held at Verizon Hall. What appears to have been added is POKC's alleged control … » Read

Anthony Blake Clark, director of choruses for the Richmond (VA) Symphony, music director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and artistic director of Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York, is to be the next director of the … » Read

May must be management merger month: Ten days ago, ADA Artist Management joined forces with UIA Talent Agency , the former dropping its moniker, such that Manhattan-based UIA now has a roster of 250. This week, London-based Sulivan Sweetland and … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The fusion of mortal pain and divine consolation, macabre marches and murmurous chants, a centuries-old Latin mass text and the World War I-era fury of Wilfred Owen’s verse take hold early in Benjamin Britten’s … » Read

After six months of at times fractious negotiations , the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Central City Opera (CCO) reached a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement, which that took effect on May 19, two days before a preview … » Read

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra will head to Europe this summer for five concerts, all under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. “I am so delighted to lead these … » Read

A miniature Mozart festival has burst forth in the final weeks of the Metropolitan Opera’s season, with two new productions appearing in as many weeks, each staged by a debuting director from abroad who is better known here for work in … » Read

When the 2023-2024 Philharmonie de Paris season begins, some patrons will be sporting the latest in concert attire, a vibrating backpack designed to aid those with hearing disabilities. Designed by SoundX, the device uses artificial intelligence … » Read

Pity is due the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, or so Nathalie Stutzmann would have you believe. This spring the French mezzo soprano-cum-conductor is making her Met debut with two new Mozart productions— Ivo van Hove’s … » Read