The Pittsburgh Symphony musicians have extended their current contract--$100,000 base pay (most earn more)—by one year, bringing them into the 2023-24 season. The extension calls for a two percent increase in salary and $1,000 in media … » Read

PORTLAND, OR--Portland’s newest opera company, OrpheusPDX, began its inaugural season on August 4 with Monteverde’s L’Orfeo, a new production by Chas Rader-Shieber deftly tempered with a bit of humor, adding a refreshing breeze … » Read

GLYNDEBOURNE—The 2022 crop of English country house operas has been exceptionally good, yet Glyndebourne has saved the best until last. Music Director Robin Ticciati has teamed up with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and director Laurent … » Read

A fascination with the high male singing voice has accompanied the growing interest in gender fluidity. Countertenors are much in demand, particularly in Baroque opera and in some contemporary works. Much rarer are male sopranos—men whose … » Read

The Lucerne Festival, hardly a radical hotbed, is going against tradition this year and emphasizing diversity with a series of concerts featuring Black, Latino, and female artists. “We don’t have to be radical,” Michael … » Read

As of the fall of 2026, Jack Everly will step aside from one of the four orchestras that share him as principal pops conductor (Baltimore and Indianapolis symphonies, Naples Philharmonic, and Canada’s National Arts Center Orchestra). In … » Read

Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music (Aug. 4-8) included a silent film night, John Williams’s idea, in the Linde Center. Five TMC composer fellows had been assigned to score about 20 percent each of Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 … » Read

The growing evidence of climate change—intense heat, extreme flooding, wildfires and their accompanying smoke—pose an increasing threat to the outdoor performances that are a part of summertime life in many parts of the U.S. Venues as … » Read

LENOX, Mass. – “Find something in the music that you can shake hands with,” said John Harbison, longtime Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) faculty member, referring to a specific theme or motif. “When it comes around again, … » Read

Done for the summer, Gustavo Dudamel has handed the podium at the Hollywood Bowl off to a parade of guest conductors. First up was the Finnish maestra Dalia Stasevska, who had originally been slated to debut during the 2020 season erased by the … » Read