Joshua Winograde, senior director of artistic programs at LA Opera, will leave his post to become professor of opera and director of opera studies at Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, as of July 2023. He succeeds Miah Im who died in fall … » Read

Arabella Artists has signed two new artists in recent weeks, one arriving from IMG Artists and the other from Sciolino Artist Management. The former is Venezuelan-born Spanish conductor José Luis Gome z, music director of the Tucson … » Read

Not that he ever left, but David Hyslop is back. He has just agreed to be interim executive director of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic—his 14 th interim executive directorship since he “retired” in 2003 after 13 years as CEO of … » Read

The adjunct/part-time faculty at the New School in New York, which includes the Mannes School of Music, went on strike on Nov. 16. Adjuncts comprise 87 percent of the teachers at the institution, and 96 percent of those at Mannes—the … » Read

The Kulas Foundation has made a multi-year commitment of $2 million to the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM). The gift consists of a one-time $1 million leadership gift and a pledge of $150,000 in annual operating support for seven years. The … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off a triumphant debut, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim seems likely to become a familiar presence at the Metropolitan Opera. Just not too familiar, he hopes. Bernheim, already a star at major European houses, is one … » Read

MILAN—On Nov. 26, Naples’s famed the Teatro di San Carlo was due to open its season with a highly anticipated new production of Don Carlo , staged by Claus Guth before an illustrious audience including Italy’s foreign and … » Read

For more than a decade, Scottish composer James MacMillan had to keep a secret about “one the most significant things that has ever happened to me.” His secret—that he had written an anthem for the funeral service of Queen … » Read

The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts, established in May 2022 to accept the proceeds from the record-breaking sale of the couple’s art collection, has pledged what amounts to the largest gift ever received by the San Francisco … » Read

Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist who was Musical America’s  2015 Instrumentalist of the Year, is leading an effort that has thus far raised over $105,000 to provide immediate aid to more than 180 Ukrainian … » Read