As promised when it moved four of the country’s most influential performing arts critics off their beats , the New York Times is “conducting a search for their replacements.” Herewith the advertisement for the classical music … » Read

HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work the cotton and rice … » Read

SANTA FE—The plot of The Marriage of Figaro can feel like a dizzying maze of deceptions and deferred revelations—its intricate turns threatening to overwhelm the human stakes. But in Santa Fe Opera’s ingeniously paced staging, … » Read

The Portland (OR) Opera has promoted composer/conductor/bass-baritone Damien Geter from artistic advisor and interim music director to music director. The Chicago-based Geter is composer-in-residence at the Richmond Symphony; his most recent … » Read

For many professional musicians, the unrelenting pressure to perform perfectly, in combination with the need to advance their careers by networking, can easily lead to alcohol addiction. In a series of conversations, music educator and conductor … » Read

The plot of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David and Jonathan is standard opera fare—two young people fall in love and face tragic interference by one lover’s father. The West Edge Opera festival’s new staging, however, adds a … » Read

At the moment the drama underway at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples is political, not musical (though it is certainly operatic). At issue is the leadership of the storied company. Stephane Lissner, who had been the general director of the Paris … » Read

Morton Herbert Meyerson, whose quiet philanthropy helped transform the Dallas Symphony Orchestra into one of the nation’s elite ensembles, died after a long battle with cancer at his home in Dallas on Aug. 5. He was 87. Meyerson’s … » Read

Conductor Killian Farrell will join the Staatstheater Nürnberg as general music director beginning with the 2027/28 season. Among his first duties will be to guide the ensemble’s 2028 relocation to its new venue—the Kongresshalle … » Read

The Washington, D.C.-based Cathedral Choral Society (CCS) has extended its arrangement with Music Director Steven Fox through the 2028-29 season. He has been in the job since 2018, one of only two to hold the title since the group’s … » Read