MILAN--When Evelino Pidò tested positive for Covid little more than a week before La Scala’s new production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi was due to open, Speranza Scappucci was enlisted to replace him in what was to be … » Read

An arrangement, in music, adapts a particular piece for a specific set of performers. It’s often driven by expediency, retrofitting a musical vision to the forces at hand. In the social arena, an arrangement is an informal agreement between … » Read

A six-decade lapse between recordings is hardly the norm for any artist. But then 97-year-old pianist Ruth Slenczynska, whose My Life in Music will be released by Decca on March 18, is not just any artist. Born in Sacramento, CA, in 1925, her … » Read

Zubin and Nancy Mehta have donated $1mn worth of Tesla shares to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Mehta has been the principal conductor of the Maggio since 1985, honorary director for life since 2006, and now music director emeritus. … » Read

The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (CSO), which presents about 20 pops, symphonic, and chamber concerts a season, has named John Kilkenny to succeed Samantha Teter as executive director, starting March 1. Teter has been with the organization for … » Read

Juilliard String Quartet violist and faculty member Roger Tapping died of cancer on January 18 at his home in Manhattan. He was 61. Tapping joined the quartet and the Juilliard faculty in 2013, succeeding Samuel Rhodes when he retired from the … » Read

After the Covid-plagued seasons of 2020 and 2021, U.S. music festivals are planning to move back toward normalcy this year. In four recent festival announcements, the programming is robust and the lineups of soloists and ensembles are starry … » Read

Pioneering African-American conductor Everett Lee, who led performances of over 1,000 symphonic, opera, and musical theater compositions during his lifetime, died in Malmo, Sweden, on January 12. He was 105. Despite the patronage of Artur … » Read

Veteran conductor Bramwell Tovey has tested positive for Covid-19 and so will miss his podium dates tonight and tomorrow with the Rhode Island Philharmonic , of which he is principal conductor and artistic director. The orchestra reports that he … » Read

In a move that surprised many, Josep Caballé Domenech announced his resignation as music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic as of May 2023. He joined the orchestra in 2011. "We’re saddened by it,” responded the … » Read