Sarah Caggiano, recent executive director of continuing and expanded education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), has joined the New England Conservatory with a mandate to expand its Preparatory School (NEC Prep) offerings as well as … » Read

In “Wind & Wave,” the National Symphony Orchestra offered a program apparently inspired by works named for the sea and sky. The Nov. 10 evening began with the overture to Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer in a … » Read

On Nov. 2 three protesters representing the global environmental movement organization Extinction Rebellion disrupted a performance by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. … » Read

The Ojai Music Festival promises, as always, a wealth of new and unusual offerings, with summer 2023 curated by composer/performer Rhiannon Giddens. She and Ojai Artistic Director Ara Guzelimian have laid out plans for the June 8-11 weekend, … » Read

The Los Angeles Master Chorale has received $2,550,000 in operating support from the Perenchio Foundation, the largest gift the Chorale has received in its 58-year history. The monies are unrestricted. Chorale President and CEO Jean Davidson said … » Read

“Absurd,” “insane,” and “not doable” are a few of the words used by Stuart Murphy, the English National Opera's boss, to describe Arts Council England’s plan to have the company decamp to Manchester. … » Read

The decision by Arts Council of England (ACE) to leverage the loss of its funding to the English National Opera (ENO) to force the company to relocate took many by surprise. Mark Wigglesworth, whose brief tenure as the company’s music … » Read

As of today, Graham Parker moves from being interim executive director of the Louisville Orchestra to the position of chief executive. The former president of Decca Records U.S. at Universal Music Group, in which capacity he connected with Teddy … » Read

LONDON--Hot on the heels of Glyndebourne’s immaculately sung and stylishly staged Alcina comes another original take on Handel’s magical extravaganza. The Royal Opera House’s version—a co-production with the Met, which … » Read

There are prodigies, and then there is 17-year-old Alma Deutscher. When Opera San Jose presents her opera Cinderella on Nov. 12, she will be on the podium for the return of a work presented five years ago,  first in Vienna and then in San … » Read