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

COSTA MESA, CA – Over the decades, every Long Beach Opera regime has managed to spin new, often wild variations on what opera is and can be. It’s been that way with this congenitally radical company since the early 1980s as artistic … » Read

The Concert Artists Guild (CAG) has selected two soloists and three ensembles as grand prize winners of the 2023 Victor Elmaleh Competition. All will receive management in North and South America and Europe by CAG and Young Classical Artists … » Read

The road back from the pandemic has been a challenging one for American orchestras. The New York Times reported this week that while attendance has begun to rebound, it still is no higher than 70 percent of capacity. The Detroit Symphony has been … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel, just on the heels of conducting three sold-out Mahler Ninth Symphony performances at the New York Philharmonic, has resigned as music director of the Paris Opera, four years ahead of schedule. His decision takes effect in August, … » Read

Sebastian Nordmann, director of the Konzerthaus and Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, is to be the next executive and artistic director of the Lucerne Festival, succeeding Michael Haefliger, who last fall said he would step down after 26 years at the … » Read