Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on March 6 that the appointment of Kari Lake as acting head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Voice of America’s (VOA) oversight agency, was invalid. … » Read

An international search has recruited the British director and festival leader Amy Lane as the new director of opera for Opera Australia as of September 2026. Lane arrives Down Under after seven years as artistic director of the Copenhagen Opera … » Read

Concerned about the lack of technical knowledge with regard to optimizing concert grand pianos' performance standards, the DR Koncerthuset (Copenhagen Concert Hall) will launch an intense 17-month training program in September, involving two … » Read

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) has appointed Chad Hoopes [pictured] and Igor Pikayzen as associate professors of violin, and Sheila Browne as professor of viola; all begin their tenure as of the fall. Hoopes, an alumnus of CIM’s … » Read

MILAN—From Vienna to Bayreuth, several of Europe’s leading opera houses are mounting full Ring cycles to mark this year’s 150th anniversary of the tetralogy’s premiere. At La Scala, performances of the four-opera epic are … » Read

The news that the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) would  not renew Music Director Andris Nelsons’ s contract at the end of the 2026-27 season came suddenly and without sentiment. It arrived while Nelsons was touring with the Vienna … » Read

CHICAGO—Every moment ought to be Kurt Weill’s, but especially this one. Whether working in cabaret or opera, the exiled German–Jewish composer was one of music theater’s great truthtellers: a craver of complexity, an ally … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes Tristan und Isolde as “the single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage.” Yet here he is, about to make his Metropolitan Opera debut … » Read

On March 3 Elise Arancio, an American composer and Juilliard alumna, was named winner of the 4 th annual  Pisar Prize, Juilliard’s annual composition award in partnership with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Villa … » Read

Andris Nelsons will exit as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra following the 2027 Tanglewood season, which marks the conclusion of his current contract. A statement from the orchestra reads: “The decision to not renew his … » Read