Barrie Kosky is knee-deep in Wagner as he prepares his new production of Das Rheingold for its September 11 premiere at the Royal Opera House. The 56-year-old Australian director admits to Neil Fisher, a music critic for The Times , that he and … » Read

The Florence Price renaissance marches on, the latest instalment being The Philadelphia Orchestra’s follow-up to their outstanding recording of the composer’s First and Third Symphonies. Price made history as the first Black woman to … » Read

American heldentenor Stephen Gould, who withdrew from all three major roles he was to have performed at Bayreuth last season, citing medical reasons, has written a touching note to his fans: For all of my fans and well-wishers: I have waited till … » Read

In response to financial pressures, New England Public Media has moved its daytime classical music programs to the NEPM News Network, a family of broadcast frequencies with a smaller area of coverage, to dedicate its main radio signals to news … » Read

It is proving well-nigh impossible to kill symphonic music in San Antonio, the nation’s seventh largest city. The San Antonio Philharmonic, which emerged from the ashes of the defunct San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, is set to launch its … » Read

In 2014 Nicholas Collon [pictured], co-founder and conductor of the London-based Aurora Orchestra, decided to see what would happen if the chamber ensemble’s musicians committed a piece to memory and performed it without sheet music. The … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO — John Zorn is a unique, proudly unclassifiable musician. His music spans classical, jazz, film, and klezmer, using notated and improvised scores mostly collaborative or orchestral but occasionally solo. He has been influenced … » Read

In a lawsuit filed in federal court, three former members of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra claim that they were fired for their refusal to get vaccinated against Covid on religious grounds. The Center for American Liberty, a Pittsburgh … » Read

Donald Runnicles will leave the Deutsche Oper Berlin as General Music Director in 2026, one year ahead of the expiration of his current contract. His departure will thus coincide with the arrival of Aviel Cahn as the new Intendant, thereby … » Read

Concluding a two-year search, Switzerland’s Bern Symphony Orchestra has chosen Krzysztof Urbanski to succeed Mario Venzango as music director, effective in 2024. The 40- year-old Polish conductor first led the orchestra last season in the … » Read