May must be management merger month: Ten days ago, ADA Artist Management joined forces with UIA Talent Agency , the former dropping its moniker, such that Manhattan-based UIA now has a roster of 250. This week, London-based Sulivan Sweetland and … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The fusion of mortal pain and divine consolation, macabre marches and murmurous chants, a centuries-old Latin mass text and the World War I-era fury of Wilfred Owen’s verse take hold early in Benjamin Britten’s … » Read

After six months of at times fractious negotiations , the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Central City Opera (CCO) reached a new, five-year collective bargaining agreement, which that took effect on May 19, two days before a preview … » Read

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra will head to Europe this summer for five concerts, all under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. “I am so delighted to lead these … » Read

A miniature Mozart festival has burst forth in the final weeks of the Metropolitan Opera’s season, with two new productions appearing in as many weeks, each staged by a debuting director from abroad who is better known here for work in … » Read

When the 2023-2024 Philharmonie de Paris season begins, some patrons will be sporting the latest in concert attire, a vibrating backpack designed to aid those with hearing disabilities. Designed by SoundX, the device uses artificial intelligence … » Read

Pity is due the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, or so Nathalie Stutzmann would have you believe. This spring the French mezzo soprano-cum-conductor is making her Met debut with two new Mozart productions— Ivo van Hove’s … » Read

Los Angeles Philharmonic has named its COO Daniel Song as interim CEO, effective immediately. The current CEO, Chad Smith, is to  take that position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and so will now move in LA to an advisement position. As … » Read

PRAGUE—Mahler’s First Symphony can be a tricky beast to program. Not quite long enough to stand alone, it’s capable of overshadowing a lightweight concerto, or worse, competing for attention with another showboat work. This May … » Read

Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Valery Gergiev was one of the busiest conductors on Planet Earth, leading as many as 300 performances a year in concert halls around the world. But the international revulsion against Russia’s … » Read