Opera and music theater director Jo Davies is to be the new artistic director of Opera Australia, effective in November of 2023 and succeeding Lyndon Terracini, who was in the job 13 years before opting out of a contract renewal. He  left … » Read

After serving briefly on the faculty of the Juilliard School, composer Andrew Norman, 43, who was named Musical America’s Composer of the Year in the same year he won the Grawemeyer award, in 2017, will return to the USC Thornton School of … » Read

Research data from Epidemic Sound, a Swedish-based music tech company, has found that classical music is the fastest growing genre on YouTube, jumping by more than 90 percent in the last year across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, … » Read

Gail Samuel has resigned as president and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position she will have been in for 18 months. She steps down at the end of the year, with advisory-board member Jeffrey Dunn agreeing to serve as interim. Dunn … » Read

LONDON—The sun shines brightly in Australia during December, but this account of Schubert’s chilling (and chilly) masterpiece in song, first seen and heard in Sydney earlier this year, practically froze the stage when it reached a … » Read

The Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Canada’s oldest continuing orchestra (est. 1902), has appointed German conductor Clemens Schuldt to be its next music director, effective next season for four years. He succeeds Bramwell Tovey, … » Read

The year 2022 was expected to mark a return to life for the classical music world in the U.K. “It was,” opines Ivan Hewett in The Daily Telegraph , “but only up to a point.” Live events have yet to recapture audiences, … » Read

Whether to continue performing or rush to the aid of their countrymen is a dilemma confronting many Ukrainian musicians. For Dalia Stasevska, the 38-year-old Finnish conductor who was born in Kyiv, her initial reaction was to consider cancelling … » Read

After nearly nine days of network silence caused by a cyberattack, the Metropolitan Opera is back in business. The company announced its status Thursday through a series of Tweets. A message on its website reads, "After suffering a cyberattack … » Read

The audience perches on barstools or lolls on padded ottomans and low-slung couches, diverted by dreamy projections on multiple screens and cocktails they’re free to sip during the show. Performances begin at a fashionable 9 pm. … » Read