Robert Ainsley, director of the Cafritz Young Artists Program and the American Opera Initiative at the Washington National Opera (WNO), is to be the next artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival. He will be succeeding his … » Read

The Pavel Haas Quartet , now in its 20 th -anniversary season, has signed with Kirshbaum Associates for North American representation. Founded in 2002 by violinist Veronika Jarušková and violist Pavel Nikl, the group is comprised of … » Read

On May 21 the National Opera of Ukraine resumed performing in Kyiv, despite the ongoing war with Russia. On offer was Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia , which received a 10-minute standing ovation at the final curtain. The theater, which … » Read

Yura Lee is to be the new principal viola of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. A member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Chamber Music Society, and a chamber participant in festivals from Marlboro to Salzburg, she has been … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra (TCO) has announced its 105 th season, Franz Welser-Möst's 21st as music director. It extends from September 2022 to May 2023, with 20 artists making house debuts and 13 works new to TCO’s repertoire, including … » Read

The inclusion of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant ( SVOG) program in the $900bn pandemic relief package approved by Congress in December 2020 was widely hailed as a lifesaver for performance venues, producers, and talent managers forced to … » Read

Nicole Taney, director of artistic planning and operations for the Spoleto Festival USA, which opens on Friday, has been appointed by the Celebrity Series of Boston as its new artistic director. She takes over later in the summer, succeeding Amy … » Read

British conductor Jan-Latham Koenig , 69, is to be chief conductor of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as of next season. He is onetime chief conductor of Belgium’s Flanders Philharmonic, the Orchestra of Porto (which he founded at … » Read

Simon Preston, an organist, conductor, and composer of international repute, died on May 13. He was 83. One of the most important church musicians of his time, Preston is widely credited with playing a leading role in reinvigorating the English … » Read

LONDON--Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers has a reputation as the only English opera of note between Purcell and Britten, and yet it’s hardly ever staged. There was a pioneering recording made nearly 30 years ago and the Bard Music … » Read