Grammy voters got their list of nominated choices yesterday, which, in the classical realm means a grand total of 13 categories, including Best Engineered Recording and Producer of the Year, out of a total of 86, raging from rap to Latin to jazz, … » Read

Even in the best of times, being an arts presenter that relies on international artists is not for sissies. “You have to remember,” says Rupert Hemmings, LA Opera’s VP of artistic planning, “even in a perfect world … » Read

The general manager of Beyonce´’s media company has just been named CEO and executive director of the American Ballet Theater. Janet Rolle´ succeeds Kara Medoff Barnett, who resigned in July . Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie … » Read

LONDON--The anglicized title gives it away: this is Wagner performed in English, as is the custom at London’s second opera house. On November 19 the company launched its new Ring cycle not with Das Rheingold but with its audience-pleasing … » Read

All eyes were focused on stage right at Davies Symphony Hall on Friday, November 12. As Michael Tilson Thomas entered, a full-throated cheer of the sort more likely to be heard at Oracle Park, where the San Francisco Giants play, rang out. The … » Read

A conductor who numbers Frank Zappa, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Bernstein, and Björk among his mentors is clearly one of eclectic tastes. As Kent Nagano turns 70, he tells Deutsche Welle , "If you think about it, my life is just a constant … » Read

The press preview for the Bowes Center for Performing Arts on Nov. 13 announced the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s (SFCOM) major expansion in the heart of the city’s Civic Center. “It’s a planting of the flag, and … » Read

David Rudge, the first conductor and music director in the history of the four-year-old Rock Hill (S.C.) Symphony Orchestra, has resigned, expressing concerns that the organization’s safety precautions for the pandemic were inadequate. … » Read

SEATTLE — An unexpectedly last-minute round of musical chairs reshuffled the lineup for one of the most unusual and original programs of the Seattle Symphony season. As a double harp concerto, Hannah Lash’s The Peril of Dreams , an … » Read

When Sarah Ruhl [pictured]wrote her play Eurydice in 2003, she could not have foreseen that nearly 20 years later it would appear as an opera on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. But on Nov. 23, her reimagining of the Orpheus myth, with music … » Read