The Los Angeles–based experimental opera producer  The Industry has selected Tim Griffin as its next executive director. He succeeds Cordelia Istel, who has served in an interim capacity. A former editor-in-chief of Artforum and … » Read

LONDON--The Hallé has an unrivalled relationship with the music of Edward Elgar, and with The Dream of Gerontius in particular. Not only was the oratorio’s (notoriously underprepared) 1900 premiere led by the orchestra’s then … » Read

The League of American Orchestras has issued a new report, Diversity in the Orchestra Field 2023. It reveals that, although relative progress has been made during the period from the 2013-14 season to the 2022-23 season, inequities persist in … » Read

K. James (Kevin) McDowell is to retire as president and artistic director of the Academy of Vocal Arts, having transformed the near 90-year-old Philadelphia-based school during a remarkable, 37-year tenure. “His positive impact on the … » Read

The Apollo, the iconic Harlem performing arts center dedicated to Black arts and culture, has tapped Michelle Ebanks as its next president and CEO. Recently in the same position with Essence Communications, she succeeds Jonelle Procope, whose … » Read

ATHENS – The Greek National Opera (GNO) opened the annual  Athens-Epidaurus Festival   on June 1 in the 5,000-seat Odeon of Herodes Atticus, an 1,800-year-old open-air performance space at the base of the Acropolis. An annual … » Read

Michelle Williams, head of casting for the English National Opera since 2016, is to be the new director of artistic administration for the Garsington Opera as of next September. She succeeds Laura Canning, the new general director and CEO of … » Read

Some businesses continue to weaponize classical music, using it to deter loiterers and in at least one case, antagonizing the neighborhood in the process. A resident of a San Francisco apartment building adjacent to a Safeway supermarket reports … » Read

SAN FRAISCO (AP)—Part fairy tale, part psychodrama, Richard Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) calls for three big-voiced sopranos who can do justice to a long and difficult score. That’s one reason … » Read

LONDON—The years 1851-53 found Verdi in a hot vein of inspiration. Rigoletto and La traviata are indelible masterpieces in which Bel Canto and ardent romance merge into a potent mode of operatic expression; but what of Il trovatore ? Once … » Read