The necessity of working from home during the pandemic has changed the way that many companies are operating, including London-based artist management firms, ranging in size from Askonas Holt and HarrisonParrott to smaller boutique firms such as … » Read

William Kraft, a key figure in the development of Los Angeles’s thriving new-music scene, died on February 12 at the age of 98. The cause was heart failure, reports The Los Angeles Times . Kraft was for 18 years the principal percussionist … » Read

Cynthia Harvey, artistic director of the American Ballet Theater’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School since 2016, will step down at the conclusion of the school year in May 2022. She was well-acquainted with the ABT before directing the … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--In these cramped times of diminished expectations, high ambition is a cause for gratitude and anticipation. Everything about the opera …(Iphigenia) , from its curiously punctuated title to the mixed musical forces and … » Read

The recent release of the “Michael Gielen Edition,” a set of 88 CDs capturing five decades of the Austrian maestro’s work, confirms his place as “one of the most stimulating conductors of the 20 th century,” opines a … » Read

In a surprise hire, the Metropolitan Opera has brought veteran and versatile New York Times reporter Daniel J. (Dan) Wakin on board as its senior director of communications, reporting to Met Assistant General Manager for Marketing and … » Read

With an endowment gift of $8 million, the Gilmore has established a new quadrennial award for jazz pianists that parallels the current one for classical artists (The Gilmore Artist Award), the most recipient of which was Igor Levit, in 2018. The … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given Cincinnati Opera $1.3 million to develop new operas based on primarily Black stories written by Black composers and Black librettists. Monies will also support Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) , the … » Read

It’s good to see labels determined to invest in expensive projects like contemporary opera and epic choral works. It’s also heartening to see a release devoting two hours to wide-ranging music by a rising star composer, in this case … » Read

Valentin Schwarz, whose new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is set to debut at Bayreuth this summer after a two-year, pandemic-induced delay, likens the project to a modern Netflix series. “I want to tell a story about … » Read