The Philadelphia Symphonic Choir has unionized after a majority of its members signed union cards authorizing the American Guild of Musical Artists to bargain on their behalf. The process took about 20 months and was facilitated when POKC … » Read

LONDON--Composed in 1887, Ruddigore has suffered by comparison, sandwiched as it was between box office hits The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard . And whereas Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas generally won popular acclaim by skewering the … » Read

The upcoming season will be the 19 th for the JACK Quartet, a foursome dedicated to the performance, commissioning, and appreciation of 20th- and 21st-century music.  The group was Musical America’s 2019 Ensemble of the Year. The … » Read

Lincoln Center’s coming season, announced yesterday and starting in September, continues to avoid classical music, save for two one-off collaborations with Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera. Lumping programming of all stripes, including … » Read

This year’s Bard Music Festival, running August 4-13, is devoted to “Vaughan Williams and His World,” focusing on the composer’s belief that his art was a communal exercise. “The composer,” he wrote in 1912, … » Read

If Orfeo [reviewed yesterday] offered a return-to-origins story about the power of opera—and of live performance, imperiled on so many fronts—Santa Fe’s Tosca , viewed August 1, sought to open up some fresh angles on a wildly … » Read

A group of longtime patrons of the Chautauqua Opera Company are vocally protesting management’s plans to cut two-thirds of the company’s budget and quickly transition from full productions to workshops of new operas in development. … » Read

Memphis Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Moody has selected Kyle Dickson [pictured] to be the orchestra’s new assistant conductor, calling him “a rising star” in conducting and education. Dickson will lead in-school … » Read

At 69, András Schiff has built a storied career as one of his generation’s most accomplished pianists. As he prepares for performances this weekend at the Proms with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer, … » Read

Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak [pictured], permanent associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015, is to succeed Yoshikazu Fukumura as music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). … » Read