Berlin Philharmonic Principal Conductor Kirill Petrenko has been forced to cancel all of his February concerts, due to follow-up surgery on a previous foot injury. The first surgery was last August, This applies to both the subscription concerts, … » Read

Still currently in its centennial season, the San Francisco Opera has announced the launch of its second century as of September 2023, running through June of 2024 with a number of works new to the house, three of them co-productions. Those are … » Read

Lee Elman, who cofounded the Aston Magna Foundation and Festival 50 years ago with the late harpsichordist Albert Fuller, died on November 27, 2022, at Mount Sinai Hospital, of complications from heart surgery. He was 86. Aston Magna, the … » Read

In March, noted British baritone Peter Brathwaite will present Insurrection: A Work in Progress— a new opera based on the music of his Barbadian ancestors -- in “semi-staged sharings” among school and community groups throughout … » Read

The annual report for the fiscal year 2022 brought good news for the Minnesota Orchestra. The ensemble’s first full season of post-pandemic performances produced an operating deficit of $656,000. This represented a marked improvement over … » Read

Just days before it unveils the upcoming Tanglewood Festival season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named Ed Gazouleas as interim director of the Tanglewood Music Center. The announcement was made by BSO interim CEO Jeffrey Dunn. The two … » Read

The U.K.’s leading opera companies—Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Opera North, English National Opera (ENO), English Touring Opera and Welsh National Opera—have issued an appeal to Arts Council England (ACE) for the … » Read

On the heels of Steven Sloane's brief tenu re, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has announced violinist and conductor Julian Rachlin as its next music director, effective in October 2023, at the launch of its 85th-anniversary season. Dubbed … » Read

The Marseille Opera House and Philharmonic have named Italian conductor Michele Spotti, 29, to be the next music director, starting in 2023-24. He will succeed American conductor Lawrence Foster, 81. The announcement was made yesterday by … » Read

The Queen Sonja Singing Competition, a biennial event whose past winners include Lise Davidsen, will start accepting applications for the inaugural rounds as of February 1, with a deadline of April 1. Live rounds in Oslo run August 17-26, with … » Read