LENOX, MA--Last weekend, the Boston Symphony Orchestra returned to its summer home at Tanglewood after an 18-month hiatus. The first, unofficial, opening night, on July 9, featured the Brooklyn-based Knights, with Artistic Director Eric Jacobsen … » Read

The widow of Christopher Larkin, who for almost 36 years played horn for the BBC Symphony Orchestra at its Maida Vale studios in London, is suing the BBC, citing the studio’s asbestos-riddled environment as the cause of his death from … » Read

While the classical music world is slowly coming back to life, the pandemic continues to leave its impact. Regulations in the U.K. mandating returning artists quarantine for ten days have forced two high-profile cancellations in Salzburg. The … » Read

Soprano Danielle de Niese received rave reviews for her recent star turn as Musetta in the Royal Opera House’s production of La bohème . Unknown to all but a few, she went on stage a mere 18 hours after suffering a miscarriage. De … » Read

Jakub Hruša [pictured] , chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, has added a third principal guest appointment to his CV. The 39-year-old Czech conductor has been appointed to the role by Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa … » Read

An accordionist entered in this year’s online Ysaÿe International Music Competition, is threatening to sue the competition organizers for spending no more than 22 and 23 seconds viewing two videos he and his partner in “Duo … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera returned to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year. Local One of the International Alliance of … » Read

Desert In is certainly something different. Comprised of eight 15- to 20-minute episodes, it’s an operatic experiment for the screen born of the pandemic and created at a time when streamable content was all audiences could hope for. And … » Read

Arabella Arts, the artist management firm launched this year by Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully , both formerly with the now-defunct Columbia Artists, has signed American conductor Leonard Slatkin, bringing the new firm’s roster of … » Read

The Dayton (OH) Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA), formed from the 2012 merger of the Dayton Philharmonic, Dayton Ballet, and Dayton Opera, has a new president and CEO in Patrick J. Nugent. He succeeds interim CEO Patricia McDonald, who took over … » Read