LOS ANGELES—Approaching the final months of his 20-year tenure as Los Angeles Opera’s music director, James Conlon dearly wanted to conduct Verdi’s Falstaff one more time. His first professional conducting gig was Falstaff , and … » Read

An investigation of alleged embezzlement, fraud, and forgery has been underway for over a year at Naples’ Teatro San Carlo. Media reports name a number of the company’s administrators as well as high-profile artists such as tenor … » Read

Last week, a federal jury ruled that Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster had an illegal monopoly in the U.S. ticketing and amphitheater markets. Every claim by the plaintiffs was affirmed: That Ticketmaster relied on … » Read

The novelty at this year’s Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival has been the first engagement of an orchestra in residence. Such a title may seem a touch grandiose for a three-night gig, particularly since one of these was a chamber recital that … » Read

Ormsby Wilkins, music director of American Ballet Theater (ABT) since 2005 and a guest conductor for the previous five years , will retire at the conclusion of the company’s summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House. David LaMarche, a … » Read

Julian Lloyd-Webber, who recently celebrated his 75 th birthday with a concert to raise funds for Music Masters, has since announced that he been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will seek treatment. ‘'I did not want to let anyone down, … » Read

San Francisco Mayor Dan Lurie [pictured] has negotiated a series of agreements whereby cultural and scientific organizations in the city will partner with their Chinese counterparts in Shanghai. The most recent partnership, announced on April 19, … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra’s (TCO) 2026–27 season marks the 25 th and final year of Franz Welser-Möst’s tenure as music director, making him the longest to serve in that position in TCO’s history. The works, composers, … » Read

LONDON—It has been 12 years since British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber put his cello back in its case for the last time, a herniated disc in his neck having brought a premature end to a career that had begun in 1972 with the first London … » Read

François Germain is the new director of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s (CIM) Opera Theater and Voice Ensembles. He succeeds two interims—J.J. Hudson, appointed in 2023, and Dean Southern (2019-2023)—and will continue … » Read