Volksoper Wien has announced that its principal guest conductor Ben Glassberg [pictured]will succeed Omer Mier Wellber as music director, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Wellber, in the job since last September, is leaving for “personal … » Read

During the 2023-24 season, Chicago’s Lyric Opera will be piloting the SoundShirt, a new system designed to allow audience members, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing, to experience live performances enhanced by real-time … » Read

The musicians of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) orchestra have authorized a strike if a new contract cannot be negotiated with management. The two parties have thus far held five negotiating sessions; the current contract expired on Aug. 31. The … » Read

David J. Kitto, executive director of the National Theater Foundation in Washington, D.C., is to be the new executive director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival as of October 30. He succeeds Steven Ovitsky, who last fall announced his … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s announcement in late 2022 that future seasons would offer a significantly greater number of contemporary operas than in the past seemed to signal a major sea change. In April, General Manager Peter Gelb further … » Read

Are classical music’s feisty independent labels soon to be an endangered species? BIS, the award-winning Swedish company, is to “partner” with Apple Music Classical and the Apple-owned creative services company Platoon. Founded … » Read

The relationship between music and remembrance is at the core of Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance . The book is both a cultural history of four musical works—R. … » Read

Barrie Kosky is knee-deep in Wagner as he prepares his new production of Das Rheingold for its September 11 premiere at the Royal Opera House. The 56-year-old Australian director admits to Neil Fisher, a music critic for The Times , that he and … » Read

The Florence Price renaissance marches on, the latest instalment being The Philadelphia Orchestra’s follow-up to their outstanding recording of the composer’s First and Third Symphonies. Price made history as the first Black woman to … » Read

American heldentenor Stephen Gould, who withdrew from all three major roles he was to have performed at Bayreuth last season, citing medical reasons, has written a touching note to his fans: For all of my fans and well-wishers: I have waited till … » Read