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Universal Music Group Exec to Run BBC Radio 3

January 16, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Sam Jackson will leave his current position as executive VP of Global Classics & Jazz at Universal Music Group to become the new controller of BBC Radio 3, a position from which he will oversee the network as well as the BBC Proms, which his … » Read
 

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Former Baltimore Symphony CEO Finds Lower Stakes

January 16, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Peter Kjome, who exited his post as president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony a year ago, has been hired by the Phoenix Symphony for the same position, effective February 1. He succeeds Suzanne Wilson, in the job two years. Phoenix Symphony, … » Read
 

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Opera Omaha's New General Director

January 16, 2023 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Opera Omaha has appointed Allison Swenson, development director at Santa Fe Opera, as its next general director. She succeeds Roger Weitz, who announced his intention to move on last May . He had been in the job since 2011 and is credited with … » Read
 

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New Opera Reveals the Kennedy Family's Darkest Secret

January 16, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Kennedy family is American royalty, and like many royal families has suffered more than its share of highly publicized tragedies. While the assassinations of both John and Robert Kennedy as well as Teddy Kennedy’s infamous involvement … » Read
 

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Opera North Taps Woman Conducting Fellow

January 16, 2023 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Joséphine Korda is to become the Female Conductor Trainee at Opera North for the 2022-23 season. The nine-week training fellowship, which she will undertake while also studying for her masters at the Royal Northern College of Music in … » Read
 

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More (Anonymous) Accusations Against Domingo

January 16, 2023 | Graham Keeley, Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - Opera star Placido Domingo faced new accusations of sexual harassment from a fellow Spanish singer in a television program broadcast on Sunday, three years after such claims prompted an apology and curtailed his career. In a … » Read
 

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Rattle, LSO in a Stunning Katya

January 13, 2023 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—Simon Rattle is on record as saying that his inspiration to become an opera conductor came from the work of Czech composer Leoš Janácek. It’s not surprising then that this January 11 concert performance of Katya … » Read
 

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Bloom Off the $475M Rose, Shed Shifts Leadership Roles

January 13, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
As The Shed approaches its fourth anniversary , a leadership transition designed to strengthen both its artistic vision and its management is underway. Alex Poots, founding artistic director and chief executive, is setting aside the latter … » Read
 

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Miami City Ballet Taps New Top Exec

January 13, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Juan José Escalante, executive director of the National Dance Institute (NDI), a noted arts-education program, is to be the new executive director of the Miami City Ballet as of February 6. He succeeds Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, who … » Read
 

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How to Fix the Met: A Few Good Ideas

January 13, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The challenges confronting the Metropolitan Opera are scarcely a secret. A shrinking subscriber base, swaths of empty seats for standard repertoire, a stretched donor base, and strait-jacket-like union contracts all pose threats to the long-term … » Read
 
 

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