SAN FRANCISCO—The flames are already flickering as the overture begins in the new production of Don Giovanni directed by Michael Cavanagh at San Francisco Opera. Set and projection designer Erhard Rom’s accompanying visuals establish … » Read

The Orlando Consort, the renowned Medieval and early Renaissance vocal quartet, has announced that the upcoming season—its 35 th —will be its last. “The timing is propitious,” the group said on its webpage, “[and] … » Read

When the tenor and his understudy in Glyndebourne’s production of Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers both fell ill on June 21, it required a chartered helicopter to guarantee that the show could go on. Adam Gilbert, an associate artist with the … » Read

Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov will join the Yehudi Menuhin School (YMS) as its first associate artist, a role that will see him visiting the school several times annually, as a chamber music coach and conductor and giving masterclasses. He next … » Read

LONDON--Ten years have passed since the current boss of Garsington Opera took over and transformed it from a middling country house festival into a plausible pretender to the Glyndebourne throne. During his tenure, the charismatic Scottish … » Read

After nearly six seasons without a permanent concertmaster, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has finally named one, effective in 2022-23 and starting this summer on the orchestra’s European tour. David McCarroll [pictured] succeeds Noah … » Read

Montreal’s McGill Conservatory of Music will close its doors for good at the end of this summer, a victim of the pandemic. In a statement, the school called its decision "sobering, yet unavoidable…. The trend is as clear as it is … » Read

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) purchase of a new nine-foot grand piano ($198,000), delayed two years by the pandemic, began at the Steinway showroom on Sixth Ave. in Manhattan, when Yefim Bronfman, a frequent PSO collaborator, … » Read

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gave this year’s edition of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition a distinctively political dimension. After organizers agreed to welcome the 15 (out of 72) Russian-born contenders to the U.S for … » Read

The Lancaster (PA) Symphony Orchestra has chosen Michael Butterman [pictured] from what it says were 190 applicants for the job of music director. He succeeds Stephen Gunzenhauser, in the job for 40 of the LSO’s 75 years. Butterman starts … » Read