Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera’s biggest box office draws, sued the company and General Manager Peter Gelb on Friday, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations related to the institution’s … » Read

HOUSTON (AP) —Opera singer David Daniels and his husband have pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston. Daniels, 57, of Ann Arbor, MI, and Scott Walters, 40, entered the pleas Friday after a jury was assembled for the … » Read

Cellist Nick Photinos is to succeed professor emeritus James Tocco as professor of chamber music and eminent scholar at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The co-founder of eighth blackbird, Musical America’s … » Read

All albums are unique, but some have the power to draw the listener into a very special sound world, like this trio of deftly curated new releases on three of America’s most innovative independent record labels. Take Ennanga , the solo … » Read

Last summer’s Cabrillo Music Festival proved chaotic when a Covid outbreak decimated the orchestra’s woodwind and brass sections midway through the season, forcing Music Director Cristian Macelaru to redo the program for the entire … » Read

In the midst of the pandemic, Alisa Weilerstein decided to take a vacation from her cello. When she returned to playing a few weeks later she began with scales, a meditative exercise that enabled her to consider the nature of the classical … » Read

NORTH ADAMS, MA—Venerable composer Joan Tower was pleased, if somewhat nonplussed, to find herself at the annual Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). It would seem an unusual context for this … » Read

Anna Handler [pictured], currently conducting Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges at the Salzburg Festival, has joined Opus 3 for representation in North and South America. Recently named a Dudamel Fellow for 2023-24, the … » Read

Classical music aficionados have generally been ill-served by the music streaming industry, argues Alex Ross. The New Yorker critic is no fan of the industry, damning it for the pittances paid to artists as well as its destructive environmental … » Read

An artist’s success in the world of classical music can often rely on a strong working partnership with a manager who books performances, handles all the attendant logistics, and does a lot of hand holding. The Curtis Institute of … » Read