LONDON--There’s quite a vogue for investigating Offenbach’s later operettas, with a pair of pioneering companies leading the way. On the continent, you have Venice-based Palazzetto Bru Zane delivering fine reassessments on disc of La … » Read

British conductor Matthew Halls is to succeed Santtu-Matias Rouvali as chief conductor and artistic director of Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, as of fall 2023. Rouvali, now principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, will … » Read

New appointments at the Naples Philharmonic represent an influx of new talent on the eve of the upcoming 2022-23 season. The orchestra's size remains at about 60 players. Alvin Ho has been named assistant conductor, having been for two … » Read

To honor the wife of the great, late bass-baritone, the George London Foundation for Singers has added her name to become the George and Nora London Foundation. Established by the singer in 1971, the organization has since given more than 300 … » Read

Carl St.Clair has announced his intention to step down as music director of California’s Pacific Symphony. The current plan is for him to make the move at the end of the 2023-24 season, marking the end of what will have been 34-year tenure. … » Read

Composer/clarinetist Derek Bermel is to step down as artistic director of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) at the end of 2022, capping ten years in the position, plus a previous four as creative advisor. As his composer career continues to … » Read

CHICAGO—Barrie Kosky’s much-talked about, lovingly exuberant production of Fiddler on the Roof bounded into Chicago’s Lyric Opera House Saturday night. If downtown Chicago’s stately opera house were in Times Square and we … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced the appointment of four new musicians as it begins the season. Marc Lachat is the new principal oboe, succeeding Ramon Ortega Quero, who left not long after he joined the orchestra in 2018. Lachat … » Read

The Ulster Orchestra has appointed Auveen Sands as its first female chief executive. She will assume the position, which has been held by Richard Wigley for more than six years, in October. Sands joined the orchestra as head of finance and … » Read

Pianist William Ransom is to succeed Christopher Rex as artistic director of the Amelia Island (GA) Chamber Music Festival. Rex, who founded the event in 2001, died last March, having retired from the Atlanta Symphony in 2018 after 39 years as … » Read