Longtime New York City Center Encores! Artistic Music Director Jack Viertel stepped down from his post at the end of 2020. Lear deBessonet succeeded him.   Now Encores! Music Director Rob Berman, Viertel’s collaborator on more than 30 … » Read

On the evening of March 17, operagoers at the Met’s production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos were treated to something rare—a heckler. As soprano Brenda Rae, who was portraying the Zerbinetta, the leading lady of a … » Read

When Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced that the company would not be hiring any Russian artists who do not officially denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna Netrebko--known as a Putin supporter--failed to do so and … » Read

For more than 15 years, Kelly Hall-Tompkins has augmented her career as a concert violinist with a unique form of outreach. In addition to traditional activities like giving master classes for young musicians and performing in schools, she and … » Read

Alexander Brose, founding executive director and CEO of The Tianjin Juilliard School, will exit at the end of the 2021-22 academic year after five years in the job , three since it opened. He leaves as  Reuters reported in mid-March that … » Read

The 2022-2023 season of Belgium's Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, announced by its General and Artistic Director Peter de Caluwe, includes several works that had been postponed during the pandemic as well as new additions to the … » Read

CHICAGO—The Haymarket Opera Company (HOC) opened its 2022 season March 26 with a spellbinding performance of La Susanna , a significant if little-known oratorio written in 1681 by Alessandro Stradella. A middle-period Baroque Italian … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s second season as music director at the San Francisco Symphony includes a handful of world premieres, a two-week festival of horror-themed music around Halloween, the continuation of a four-year collaboration with … » Read

Anne Parsons, longtime president and resilient leader of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, died last night after a long battle with cancer. She was 64. Parsons, who  retired in December after 17 years in the job, accomplished major milestones, … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-2023 season will mark the 13 th and last year of Riccardo Muti’s tenure as music director, and, by season’s end, his 500 th appearance on the CSO podium since 1973. His musical legacy and … » Read