The unlikely convergence of three of America’s premier symphony orchestras for successive performances in early September at the Dresden Music Festival’s Kulturpalast offered a critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette an opportunity to … » Read

The 2022 violin iteration of the annual Cooper Competition (Oberlin, OH) ended on August 19 with a first-prize win for 13-year-old Seohyun Kim of Seoul, South Korea. In addition to $20,000 cash, she earns a two-year package that incorporates the … » Read

Antony and Cleopatra , the new opera by John Adams set to open in San Francisco on Sept. 10 , departs from the composer’s usual attention to more contemporary themes. Nixon in China (1987), The Death of Klinghoffer (1991), and Doctor Atomic … » Read

Michael S. Rosenberg, recent managing director of McCarter Theater Center in Princeton (NJ), longtime managing director of La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA, is to be the new president and CEO of New York’s City Center. He succeeds Arlene … » Read

Richard Mantle, OBE, is to retire as general director of Opera North next year after nearly 30 years in the job. He is among the U.K.’s most highly regarded artistic leaders. “He leaves an organisation that is radically different to … » Read

Although Russia likes to consider itself a global superpower, “the list today,” argues Elisabeth Braw in Foreign Policy , “mostly comes down to oil and gas, sports, and classical music.” The invasion of Ukraine and a … » Read

Kate Suthers [pictured] is to be the new concertmaster of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, effective later this month. She succeeds Natsuko Yoshimoto, now concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony after 12 years with Adelaide. Suthers leads the … » Read

PORTLAND, OR—Philip Glass’s The Fall of the House of Usher , based on the classic horror story by Edgar Allen Poe, received a fresh interpretation that successfully blurred the lines of repressed sexuality in a new production for … » Read

After four days of competition in front of a live and on-line audience, 24-year-old British tenor Laurence Kilsby on Wednesday night won the £10,000 first prize of Wigmore Hall’s biennial International Song Competition. Hardly a … » Read

In an age when a surfeit of material objects characterizes life for all but the impoverished, it is easy to lose sight of less tangible things—a relatable past, confidence in what is to come, and cultural richness that is more than just a … » Read