On April 23 the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will present the first of three performances of Quamino’s Map , a new opera by British composer Errollyn Wallen and American librettist Deborah Brevoort. Commissioned by the COT and presented here … » Read

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Monte Carlo Opera said Thursday that … » Read

Theodore Braun’s new film ¡Viva Maestro! documents the conductor Gustavo Dudamel as he prepares Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra for a 2017 international tour through to 2018, when he conducts … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday. The announcement comes as the United States deals with a fresh COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and … » Read

Rachel Saltz, dance editor at The New York Times since 2015, is to add classical music to her purview. In the latter category, she succeeds Zachary Woolfe, who was  recently promoted from classical music editor to classical music critic, … » Read

Susanna Mälkki’s seven-year-tenure as chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic has been so successful that it will take two conductors and a composer to fill her shoes when she leaves in summer of 2023. The Philharmonic has … » Read

Ukrainian musicians took the top prizes in two of the three categories at the Carl Nielsen International Competition , which concluded on Sunday in the composer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. First prize in the violin category was a tie … » Read

Supporters of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have released a report taking aim at Valery Gergiev, who the authors label “a fraud, a cheat, and a coward.” The once-peripatetic conductor’s activities are now … » Read

Philippe Tondre and Katherine Needleman, principal oboists for the orchestras of Philadelphia and Baltimore, respectively, will succeed Richard Woodhams on the Curtis Institute faculty roster. Woodhams’ contract was not renewed this … » Read

BERLIN (AFP) –Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, 79, has cancelled a series of concerts for health reasons for the second time in just over two months, Berlin's State Opera said on Thursday. Argentina-born Barenboim has been acclaimed … » Read