The $100mn expansion of Powell Hall , the home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) since the mid-1960s, has forced the ensemble to find temporary quarters until the renovation is completed in 2025. So the 2023-24 season will be split … » Read

Riccardo Muti, currently in his 13 th and final season at the artistic helm of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will apparently remain close by in 2023-24, conducting three programs in Orchestra Hall, including the opening concerts, September … » Read

At the conclusion of the May Festival’s 2023-24 season, Robert Porco will retire as director of choruses after 35 years and assume emeritus status. In response, May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon said, “Of the many … » Read

French conductor Samy Rachid is to succeed Anna Rakitina as one of two Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant conductors. He starts his two-year term under Music Director Andris Nelsons next fall and makes his debut conducting the BSO at Tanglewood … » Read

The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina , which opened at Chicago’s Civic Opera House on Feb. 15, took five years to create. Commissioned in 2014 from choreographer Yuri Possokhov, a former star at the Bolshoi Ballet, the work’s … » Read

Oregon Ballet Theater, approaching its 35 th anniversary and including a school with an enrollment of over 300, has named choreographer Danielle (Dani) Rowe as its next artistic director, effective presently. She succeeds Peter Franc, who has … » Read

MILAN (AP)—No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s … » Read

Marco Goecke, ballet director of the Hanover State Opera, was initiailly suspended, now fired, from his duties and is under investigation for his response to a negative review of his production In the Dutch Mountain . During the intermission of … » Read

AMG Artists has recently signed a guitarist, a conductor, and a cellist, none of whom has had previous North American management. Raphaël Feuillâtre [pictured], also looked after by AMG in Central and South American, is a 26-year-old … » Read

The decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic was, Gustavo Dudamel freely admits, one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make. But he knows it is one that positions … » Read