The hands-down musical climax of Maestro is the recreation of the 1973 performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 by the London Symphony Orchestra in Ely Cathedral. Although shot over a three-day period, three years of painstaking preparation … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony’s Nov. 24 premiere of Odisea ( Odyssey ), a new concerto for the cuatro by Venezuelan composer Gonzalo Grau, proved to be a special occasion for the San Francisco Chronicle’s chief classical music critic. It … » Read

Opus 3 Artists, purchased by the San Francisco of Music (SFCM) three years ago, will widen its roster of vocal artists by incorporating the 40 singers and two conductors on the roster of Magnum Opus Artists (MOA), a New Jersey-based firm … » Read

TOKYO—Right from its opening in 1997, the New National Theatre, Tokyo has specialized in lavish international productions—Franco Zeffirelli’s Aida and Wolfgang Wagner’s Lohengrin set the tone in its inaugural … » Read

Soprano Ailyn Pérez is no stranger to the Metropolitan Opera, but her current portrayal of Florencia Grimaldi in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas marks the first time this bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants has … » Read

The Music School of Delaware, an accredited community institution serving its home state and nearby environs, will have a new president and CEO as it enters its centennial year in 2024. He is Stephen Beaudoin, an energetic music executive on the … » Read

The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music , announced with considerable fanfare last January, launched on Nov. 3 and concluded on Nov. 19. The festival, presumably a one-off affair, boasted that 100 organizations and ensembles presented … » Read

Amy Lam is to step down as VP and executive director of Tisch Music, a robust program at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, at the end of the year. She exits after two years in the job , a brief tenure compared to the 21 years of her predecessor, … » Read

In 2024 the Bayreuth Festival plans to reduce the size of its choir by 40 percent—from 134 to 80 members. The reason, according to the German Music Council, is the need “to make extensive savings in order to compensate for increased … » Read

Christopher White , head of music at Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2016, is to be the next head of opera at the Royal Academy of Music, his alma mater. He starts next September, succeeding Brenda Hurley who is moving to the role of visiting … » Read