MILAN—Opera companies have been updating Verdi's I vespri siciliani almost since its conception. Set to the backdrop of the French occupation of 13th-century Sicily, the work premiered in French at the Paris Opera in 1885. It was translated … » Read

Ana María Martínez has joined Promethean Artists for general management. Previously with IMG, the acclaimed soprano is set to sing the role of Donna Elvira in the new production of Don Giovanni in May at the Met, which marks the … » Read

At its current annual conference, the membership of the Association of British Orchestras bestowed its 2023 ABO award on Alan Davey CBE, Controller, BBC Radio 3, for his advocacy on behalf of orchestral music and his nurturing of the BBC’s … » Read

Olivier Py is to be the new artistic director of Paris’s famed Théâtre du Châtelet. Py, former director of the Avignon Festival, is something of a cultural hero, and news of his appointment had been deemed "a sure promise … » Read

This summer, for the first time since 2019, Tanglewood will present a full slate of programs between June 22 and Aug. 27. BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will be much in evidence, leading ten concerts, including the BSO’s July 7 opening … » Read

The world premiere of Anne Frank , an opera by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran and librettist Charles Kondek, will mark the culmination of an effort begun in 2008 by conductor Arthur Fagen. A professor of music and chair of the … » Read

Having been evicted from the Kimmel Center , the Philly Pops will stage two of its upcoming three scheduled concerts at the Met Philadelphia. "Get Up, Stand Up: The Encyclopedia of Soul," with Broadway vocalist Joshua Henry, conducted by Rickey … » Read

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has selected Tania León as its next composer-residence for a two-year term, beginning September 2023. Among her obligations are a world premiere in 2023/24 and a U.K. premiere during the following … » Read

Hong Kong Sinfonietta has named German conductor Christoph Poppen as its next music director, a notch or two up from principal guest, a post he’s held since 2015. He takes on the new role as of 2023-24, succeeding the Yip Wing-sie, who … » Read

Older man. Younger man. A dimly lit hotel room. Cheap beer. A financial transaction. Such was the visual image that Irish composer Emma O’Halloran built to frame the soundworld of her breakthrough opera,  Trade , right down to the buzz … » Read