As symphony and opera orchestras prepare for the coming season, pandemic salary levels severely reduced—in some cases nonexistent—are inching back up to normal. The  Pittsburgh Symphony opted to “kick the can  down the … » Read

Although born in Canada, conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson has deep Ukrainian roots. When Russian forces invaded her ancestral homeland this past spring, she turned her sadness and anger into the determination to respond the best way she knew—with … » Read

SALZBURG—The operas staged at this year’s festival were an unusual mix for the 102-year-old event. There was only one Mozart offering, Die Zauberflöte , which was also the only pre-1800 opera. The closest thing to a recent one … » Read

Washington National Opera has chosen Christopher Cano to be the next director of the Cafritz Young Artists (CYA) and American Opera Initiative (AOI). He starts in September, succeeding Robert Ainsley, in the job since 2016 and now headed to be … » Read

The inaugural Carl Nielsen Festival will take place from Aug. 26-30 on the Danish island of Funen, which was the birth place of Denmark’s most prominent composer. “Carl Nielsen is… a true figurehead for Danish musical … » Read

Until Aug. 11, the Boston Commons had not hosted an opera since the Boston Lyric Opera’s 2002 production of Carmen , which drew a crowd estimated at 60,000. The audience for the BLO’s latest outdoor venture— Gounod’s Romeo … » Read

Rachel Fine, executive director and CEO of the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis), is to hold the top administrative post at Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC), which the university defines as its "first-ever … » Read

The path to becoming a conductor can be long and arduous. In the U.S., undergraduate conducting programs don’t exist, so those interested in a podium career must pursue it after graduation and reckon with the fact that there is no set … » Read

Hans Graf, music director of the Singapore Symphony, has chosen Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Barráez to be the orchestra’s next associate conductor. He succeeds Joshua Tan, in the job from 2013-2021. Based in Berlin, … » Read

Built in 1857, the Academy of Music was for many years home to the Philadelphia Orchestra and still hosts an array of events from Broadway shows and holiday standards like The Nutcracker to college graduations. But the years have not been kind to … » Read