Soprano Julia Bullock, one of Musical America’s 2021 Artists/ Change Agents of the Year , has signed with London-based Askonas Holt for worldwide management. She was previously with Etude Arts. The epitome of the 21 st -century … » Read

LOS ANGELES – When James Conlon struck up the first chord from Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex June 6 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, it came as a shock – a delicious shock. Technology is a wonderful thing, a lifesaver … » Read

AGMA members employed by the Metropolitan Opera have voted to ratify the four-year contract their 36-member negotiating committee came up with in May , after some adjustments for soloists. Initially, key singers said they would not vote for the … » Read

Flying halfway around the world to compete in the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World contest and then having to quarantine in your hotel room for ten days is a recipe for cabin fever. When the Kosovar soprano Elbenita Kajtazi Halimi is … » Read

A music fan can’t help but sigh with relief that Carnegie Hall will indeed open in October, with seating at 100 percent capacity, foreign orchestras on tap, and about two thirds of a full season (100 concerts out of the usual 150) confirmed … » Read

“The Future is Female—Inspiring Women in Top Leadership Positions,” the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s third Women in Classical Music Symposium, has been announced for November 7-10, 2021 at the DSO’s Morton H. Meyerson … » Read

Marin Alsop’s departure from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this summer will leave America’s leading ensembles without a single female and only one Black and a handful of Latino and Asian music directors. “It’s been a … » Read

LONDON--England’s number two opera festival (after Glyndebourne) is on a roll of success that not even a pandemic can stall. It’s been heart-warming to follow Garsington Opera’s ascent under Douglas Boyd, music and artistic … » Read

The campaign to change British law so that artists and songwriters receive better compensation from streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music has gathered new allies. The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, and Barry Gibb are among … » Read

American-Armenian conductor Constantine Orbelian is to be music director of the New York City Opera, the venerable company that saw something of a rebirth in 2016. Its last production, in 2019, was Stonewall . Orbelian, who, in a political … » Read