The Atlanta Opera is embarking on a unique composition competition—the 96-Hour Opera Project—during which teams of composers and librettists will write, cast, direct, and stage completely new 10-minute operas in only four days. What … » Read

The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO), which is coming up on the 60 th anniversary of its annual Britt Music & Arts Festival next summer, has named Renia Shterenberg, a former violinist in the orchestra, as its new general manager. The southern … » Read

Munich is often referred to as the “world’s opera capital,” due in no small part to the presence of the Bavarian State Opera. Serge Dorny, the company’s new general manager, and Vladimir Jurowski, the new music director, … » Read

Much of the positive news of a return to live performing has emanated from larger organizations with the financial wherewithal and resources necessary to implement public health mandates. For smaller organizations, the return is more fraught, as … » Read

On Oct. 25 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) received a charge from the San Antonio chapter of the American Federation of Musicians on behalf of the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony (MOSAS) claiming unfair labor practices by the … » Read

As their symphony orchestras return to live performances, some musicians find themselves facing a Hobson’s choice. Should they accede to their employer’s mandate that they receive the Covid-19 vaccine, or refuse to get the shot and … » Read

The strike by ticket sellers at Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, MD, and a disagreement with the Baltimore Symphony over terms of its licensing agreement have forced the BSO to cancel four of five concerts there scheduled in November and … » Read

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has appointed two new assistant conductors, each for a two-year term: South Korea-born Moon Doh and American Jacob Joyce will succeed, respectively, former Associate Conductor Earl Lee and former Resident … » Read

In her painstakingly researched book, All the News That’s Fit to Click : How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists , sociologist Caitlin Petre examines how technology and commercialism have combined to alter the nature of the … » Read

CHICAGO—Since Bernard Haitink’s death last Thursday at age 92, effusive tributes have been pouring forth. As well they should. Without a doubt, he was one of his era’s most eminent, supremely eloquent conductors. But one … » Read