Having slogged through seven performances of Lohengrin in one month at the Metropolitan Opera, the last of which was March 28, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has withdrawn from all four of this weekend’s concerts with the Philadelphia … » Read

LONDON— Things to Come , H.G. Wells’s vision of global warfare and dream of mankind’s quest for the stars, is a remarkable thing. Realized as a 1936 black and white movie by producer Alexander Korda, with a blisteringly dramatic … » Read

CHICAGO—Leave it to Yuval Sharon + to make Lyric Opera of Chicago’s most daring project in decades even more daring. Four years ago, Renée Fleming, the company’s then-creative consultant, assigned three … » Read

Emma Stenning is to be the new chief executive of The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) as of April 3, 2023. She succeeds Stephen Maddock, who leaves after almost 24 years to become principal at the Royal Birmingham Conservatory. Her … » Read

Scott Showalter will not renew his contract as president and CEO of the Oregon Symphony when it ends June 30, but he has agreed to stay on until a successor is chosen. Afterward, he will take on the new role of  “executive … » Read

The 2023-24 season at London’s Wigmore Hall will include over 500 concerts, which, the Hall claims, is the largest program of classical music in the U.K, performed by some 2,600 artists. On the schedule are 28 world and U.K. premieres. … » Read

Earlier this month, news went out that Apple Music Classical, the long-awaited successor to Primephonic as a streaming music app dedicated to classical music—and equipped with search capabilities far better suited to classical than those of … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s fourth season at the helm of the San Francisco Symphony will feature four world premieres, two one-act operas, a staging of Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet, four weeks of concerts led by Music Director Laureate Michael … » Read

PITTSBURGH (AP)—Scattered in crates, dirty and difficult to read, the gospel music of Charles Henry Pace sat packed away, unorganized — and unrealized — for more than 20 years. Frances Pace Barnes, the pioneering composer and … » Read

Rodolfo Barráez, a 29-year-old Venezuelan who is currently associate conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Dudamel Conducting Fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, took first prize at the second edition of the Hong Kong … » Read