One of the many appeals of Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-nominated film Maestro is the authenticity of its musical performances, most especially the recreation of the London Symphony Orchestra’s 1973 performance of Mahler’s … » Read

On Feb. 16, the 52 nd George and Nora London Foundation Competition for young North American opera singers selected six winners from among a dozen finalists. Each performed one selection before a live and on-line audience at the Morgan Library … » Read

South Korea-born conductor Yura Yang , a current Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, is to become first Kapellmeister at the Oper Leipzig next season. The 34-year-old maestra earned a BA in conducting from Detmold University of Music … » Read

For the fourth consecutive time, the Detroit Symphony and its musicians have reached a new contract in advance of the current agreement’s expiration next September. In a press release, the orchestra’s President and CEO Erik … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Symphony threw a party on Valentine’s Day. Bands of colored lights adorned the back wall at Davies Symphony Hall. Extra bars and concession stands did a lively business in the lobby. Patrons carried … » Read

The 2024-25 season of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), the ensemble’s 145 th and Stéphane Denève’s sixth as music director, kicks off on Sept. 19 with the traditional free concert on Art Hill in Forest Park. Over … » Read

The orchestra of ENO has voted to stop all strike action planned for the middle of February after management agreed to revise its plans to dismiss all the musicians before rehiring them as part-time employees for six months of the year. Going … » Read

The BBC has announced that the BBC Singers will live on with ongoing financial support for staff from the BBC and educational support (as yet undefined) from the VOCES8 Foundation . The London-based group is both a performing entity and a … » Read

San Francisco Ballet has received $60 million from an anonymous donor, the largest gift in its 91-year history and perhaps the single largest to any U.S. ballet company. The gift exceeds SF Ballet’s annual, $55 million budget and is a clear … » Read

Hervé Boissière, founder and managing director of medici.tv, is to turn his attentions “exclusively” to the Verbier Festival as its new co-CEO, effective April 15. He will codirect the esteemed 30-year-old event together … » Read