Rhiannon Giddens , who is everywhere these days as an artist, composer, and impresaria, has signed with MWI (Music Works International) for European representation; she was previously with London-based Asgard. The MacArthur Genius Grant … » Read

OPERA America has released the Field-Wide Opera Demographic Report 2021, an industry wide study of  issues related to race/ethnicity, gender, and age. The report reflects data gathered in the spring of 2021 from companies representing all … » Read

Andrew Nethsingha, director of music at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, is to be the next organist and master of choristers at Westminster Abbey—in effect the Abbey’s director of music. He succeeds James … » Read

There is a slow change afoot in the world of opera. As the leading directors grow older—Krzysztof Warlikowski, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, Robert Carsen, and Barrie Kosky are all over fifty—the industry is … » Read

Big Apple Performing Arts, the umbrella organization of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC) and the Youth Pride Chorus, has installed new, permanent leadership in John D. Carrion as executive director, and John J.Atorino as artistic … » Read

Teatro Nuovo, Will Crutchfield’s fledgling opera company specializing in bel canto repertoire, has cancelled its upcoming performances (July 9-14) of Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Bellini’s La Sonnambula due to an outbreak of … » Read

LONDON--It may not have the most profound of plots, but Alcina contains some of Handel's greatest music. For Glyndebourne’s first staging of the opera, which opened July 2, the company has assembled a cast of exceptional vocal beauty, … » Read

Michael Repper has added yet another podium to his collection, having just been named music director and conductor of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. The 31-year-old California native is also music director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

After 52 years, Boston Musica Viva (BMV), the city’s premier purveyor of contemporary music, is closing up shop. The reason—the incapacity of the group’s founder, Richard Pittman, following a stroke at age 84 in 2020. “All … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has announced a new three-year labor agreement with its musicians and its eighth consecutive balanced budget. The agreement includes salary raises for the players each of the next three years, earmarks a … » Read