The Metropolitan Opera’s 2022-23 season looks refreshingly different from those of the last several decades. General Manager Peter Gelb sums things up in the just-released announcement. “Our lessons learned during the two years of the … » Read

Under the leadership of CEO Martha A. Gilmer, the San Diego Symphony is launching an ambitious $125mn renovation of its downtown Jacob Music Center. “After half a dozen years of careful study and planning,” Gilmer said, “we knew … » Read

Carlos Miguel Prieto is to move from artistic advisor to music director of the North Carolina Symphony as of 2023-24, serving as designate next season. He succeeds Grant Llewellyn, who was named laureate in 2020 after 16 years in the post. … » Read

The 2022-2023 season will mark a full return for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops  after the many disruptions caused by the pandemic. The schedule includes 91 performances, including CSO and Pops subscription … » Read

When he exits The New York Times obituaries desk on Friday and heads uptown to the Metropolitan Opera a few weeks later, Dan Wakin will be “going to the other side” after 40 years in journalism. The last 22 were at The Times, covering … » Read

La Maestra Competition in Paris, the second annual edition of which gets underway next week, has issued some interesting statistics on women conductors. Here are a few: There are 62 women working as permanent music directors or chief conductors … » Read

The London Symphony Orchestra has added the much-heralded Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan to its artistic team, in the newly created role of Associate Artist for a term of three years. In her new position, Hannigan will create her … » Read

Premiered in 1924, Leos Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen is the sweetest fruit of the Czech composer’s late harvest of operatic masterpieces. “A merry thing with a sad end,” was how the 70-year-old composer … » Read

Classical music generally gets treated like a red-headed stepchild by the Recording Academy, which each year bestows Grammy awards for a laundry list of musical genres. None of the classical awards are presented on the televised broadcast, and a … » Read

As the 14 semifinalists for the second annual La Maestra Competition prepare for the finals next week, starting March 3 in Paris, news of four conductor appointments arrives, two of them women.   Polish conductor Marta Gardolinsk a, a … » Read