Major changes are under consideration as the Chautauqua Institution and its opera company, facing universal post-pandemic declines in audiences, examine the daunting cost of creating professional opera productions. While conversations are … » Read

In the fall of 2024, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab to open the Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center. Offering “STEAM-based learning (Science, … » Read

The San Antonio Philharmonic , the new iteration of the defunct San Antonio Symphony, has named onetime local city council member and architect Roberto Treviño as its first ever executive director. He will move from his position on the … » Read

It’s been nine years since Roger Wright left his job as BBC Controller of Radio 3 and the Proms director to become chief executive of what is now Britten Pears Arts, a.k.a. the Aldeburgh Festival, which ran June 9-25. Today, he announced … » Read

On July 7 and 8, the Glimmerglass Festival opens its season, the first under General and Artistic Director Robert Ainsley , with Puccini’s La bohème and Bernstein’s Candide . Although most of the season’s offerings were … » Read

Hanover’s NDR Radiopharmonie has named Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky as its next chief conductor, in 2024-25; he succeeds Andrew Manze. Kochanovsky has an active career as a guest, recently conducting in Washington, D.C., … » Read

Identifying the first published Black composer in America is an inconclusive venture, but current scholarship suggests that the honor belongs to Occramer Marycoo. Likely brought to Newport, RI, on The Elizabeth from Ghana as an enslaved teenager … » Read

A new partnership of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (The Clarice) at the University of Maryland (UMD), and UMD’s School of Music (SOM) aims to promote community engagement. “Voices of … » Read

The first time I heard Huang Yi conduct, I barely noticed. The revival of Jin Xiang’s 1987 opera  Savage Land at the 2012 Beijing Music Festival (BMF) had a huge, high-profile Chinese cast, with no spotlight shining on the pit. Three … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco’s Symphony’s musically polyglot, politically inflected June 30 program at Davies Hall opened with striking pre-performance remarks by composer Reena Esmail. By way of introduction to her Black … » Read