Though he often sings countertenor roles, Elijah McCormack isn't a countertenor. As a transgender man whose mature singing voice never deepened, he prefers to call himself a male soprano. “I considered taking testosterone, and I chose not … » Read

Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music has hired Jonathan Bailey Holland as dean, starting in September and succeeding Toni-Marie Montgomery, who exits at summer’s end after 20 years in the job.   Holland is the current … » Read

In January 2021, Fiona Maddocks, the classical music critic for The Observer , committed to delivering a 90,000-word manuscript on the last 25 years of Sergei Rachmaninov’s life within 15 months. It was the start of the second year of the … » Read

Just one week out from the start of the 2023 event, the annual Ojai Music Festival has announced the music director of the 2024 iteration: Mitsuko Uchida, Musical America’s 2022 Artist of the Year. Uchida, pianist, conductor, co-artistic … » Read

Jonathan Heyward, who made a smashing debut with the New York Philharmonic just one month ago, is to be the music director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) “summer orchestra,” a moniker not to be confused with the … » Read

On May 16, at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, the Choir of Men and Boys (accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s) premiered its alumnus Trevor Weston’s American Lamentations , a 12-movement, 40-minute concert work confronting … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The French general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala is facing the threat of a tenure cut short, even as he unveiled a star-studded 2023-24 season and announced record sponsor revenues on Monday. A government … » Read

When German conductor Thomas Guggeis made his North American debut last night at the Met leading Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer , he was scarcely five years removed from his role as repetiteur of the Berlin State Opera. It was there … » Read

After a two-year, £3 million renovation project, labeled the “Hallelujah Project,” the former home of composer George Frideric Handel has reopened to the public. While living at 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, from 1723 until his … » Read

As reported here on May 10 , the cyberattack that crashed the Met Opera’s network and disabled the box office for nine days in December went undiscovered for some two months by Met staff. As a result, the personal data of some 45,000 … » Read