Armed with a $25 million gift from longtime trustee and former board chair Richard Worley and his wife Leslie Miller, the Philadelphia Orchestra will rename its current venue in honor of the late iconic contralto Marian Anderson. Verizon’s … » Read

British conductor Dame Jane Glover is to be the next principal guest conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, beginning Aug. 1, 2025. She follows Kevin John Edusei, who was appointed in the 2022-23 season to succeed Robert Spano when he … » Read

Bass baritone Kenneth Kellogg, currently starring in the title role of Seattle Opera’s production of Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X , grew up in Washington, D.C. loving classical music and opera. “Classical … » Read

The Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) has tapped Elizabeth Askren as the first principal guest conductor in its more than 60-year history. Askren, a master teacher at both the Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors and at the Paris … » Read

Jan Latham-Koenig, a conductor of international repute, has admitted to arranging sex acts with an undercover police officer he believed was a teenager. Arrested in January , Latham-Koenig last week pled guilty to intentionally arranging or … » Read

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France has named Jaap van Zweden to succeed Mikko Franck as music director, effective in 2026-27. Franck will have been in the job ten years. Van Zweden is currently completing his final season at the … » Read

Norwegian cellist-turned-conductor Tabita Berglund is to be the principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as of next fall. She made her U.S. debut with this orchestra in January 2023 and, clearly, it went well. Berglund, 35, … » Read

The San Francisco Opera’s 2024-25 season includes six mainstage productions, several concert presentations, the company’s first-ever performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and a special Pride Concert. The  102 nd season … » Read

Another season, another chance for a living choreographer or two to contribute something lasting to the legacy of the preternaturally prolific George Balanchine. Four decades after his death, the current six-week winter chapter of The New York … » Read

The Aspen Music Festival and School’s 75 th -anniversary season balances appearances by its all-star alumni within its customary artists-in-training context. Running June 26-August 18, its highlights include two operas ( The Marriage of … » Read