MILAN-- Damiano Michieletto's new staging of Salome has been a long time coming. The production was due to open in March 2020 at La Scala, with Music Director Riccardo Chailly conducting. After the pandemic shuttered Italy’s performance … » Read

Roger Englander, a television producer best known for his work on CBS-TV's New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein, died in Newport, RI, on February 8. He was 94 years old. In addition to his 14-year association with … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center intends to emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic by creating 10 outdoor stages for performances and rehearsals in New York City starting April 7. Venues announced Thursday as part of the Restart Stages … » Read

In January the Baytown Symphony Orchestra (BSO) named Clarence Frank as the 50-year-old ensemble’s new music director. The first African American conductor in the orchestra’s—and perhaps the state’s -- history, Frank is a … » Read

The English National Opera (ENO) has decided to “go big or go home,” announcing plans for a new staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle over a five-year period to begin next fall with live performances of the second of the four operas, … » Read

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –  When Palm Beach Opera was organizing its outdoor festival, which continues through Feb. 27 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheater, it found—due to the Covid-19 lockdown—a ready supply of top-level … » Read

The second season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Sound/Stage launches March 5, with Carnival of the Animals led by Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and co-hosted with his nine-year-old son Martín. Yuja Wang and David … » Read

The Los Angeles based Colburn School, which has grown over the last 70 years from a community music school into a major conservatory, has announced that 26-year-old choreographer and former New York City Ballet dancer Silas Farley is to succeed … » Read

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  –  After almost a year of not experiencing opera live and in person because of the coronavirus pandemic, to hear stars like Michael Fabiano, Latonia Moore, and Isabel Leonard in a semi-staged concert of La … » Read

British conductor Jonathan Nott has renewed his contract as music and artistic director of the Geneva-based Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as of September 1, 2021. This is no ordinary renewal for the 58-year-old maestro; the new agreement is … » Read