Larry Edelson , founding artistic and executive director of the American Lyric Theater, is to step down from his additional post as Opera Saratoga’s artistic and general director at the end of the 2022 summer festival. He has been in the … » Read

The city of Prague has named Bjarke Ingels Group, with offices in Copenhagen and New York, as the designer of its new Vltava Philharmonic Hall. An international jury reviewed plans submitted by 19 global architectural firms before reaching a … » Read

WRR, the first licensed broadcast station in Texas and one of the oldest operating radio stations in the country, is about to get new management. Owned and operated, albeit fitfully at times, by the city of Dallas since its founding in 1921 in a … » Read

“My Lord, what a morning,” sang soprano Julia Bullock at the top of “History’s Persistent Voice, ” her deeply affecting, sometimes disturbing and always full-hearted work created for solo voice and orchestra. … » Read

Among the important reviews of Brett Dean’s new Hamlet at the Met Opera on May 13, there is universal agreement on the size of the work’s impact, as well as the sterling job of tenor Allan Clayton in the title role, onstage and … » Read

Jonas Kaufmann exists at the very apogee of the opera world. Dubbed “the most bankable male star in opera today” by The New Yorker , no tenor alive matches his audience appeal or the demand for his services around the world. His … » Read

Effective immediately, the Stamford (CT) Symphony is the Orchestra Lumos. The 55-year-old orchestra, under Music Director Michael Stern and CEO Russell Jones (former NY Philharmonic marketing exec) is “rebranding” itself in an effort … » Read

The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, which is a part of Tel Aviv University and the Israel Philharmonic’s partner school, has launched a free masterclass website. The initial two dozen offerings on www.classical-masterclass.com include … » Read

Kahchun Wong is to move from his current post as principal guest to chief conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra as of fall 2023, when his two-year tenure in the guest position ends.  He is the current chief conductor of the Nuremberg … » Read

The BBC Symphony Orchestra’s May 13 concert at London’s Barbican Centre managed to field two premieres while celebrating four composer anniversaries. Two were major birthdays—César Franck’s 200th and Ralph Vaughan … » Read