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

CHICAGO—In his final concerts as music director, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are sampling the best of all possible orchestral worlds. True, he won’t be ending his 13-year tenure in late June with a Verdi opera; … » Read

In October, Andrés Orozco-Estrada will succeed Ernesto Schiavi as principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin, the official ensemble of Italy’s public radio and television company RAI. His contract is for … » Read

GLYNDEBOURNE, East Sussex—Glyndebourne’s new Don Giovanni has divided the London critics and to be frank it has divided this critic too. Recent history is partly to blame: too many sub-par productions of an opera that has been dubbed … » Read

With the arrival of Wilbur Lin as music director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra (DYAO) comes its re-connection with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO), most pointedly with Lin serving the additional role of assistant conductor of the … » Read

Eastman School of Music has added two full-time faculty to the woodwinds, brass and percussion department for 2023-24. Andrew McCandless [pictured] , principal trumpet of the Toronto Symphony since 1999, is to be associate professor of trumpet. … » Read