A $1.75 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has breathed new life into the effort to restore and preserve the National Opera House, a 1890s-era Queen Anne-style manor in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh. In 1941, Mary Cardwell … » Read

In all likelihood, tickets to the San Francisco Symphony’s October 2 tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas are going fast, not so much for the starry guest roster as for the sheer “have to be there” impulse it generates among the … » Read

Tito Muñoz, who has been serving as interim music director of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, will assume the post permanently in the fall, with the title of director and principal conductor and visiting professor of … » Read

One of the many casualties of the war in Gaza has been the branch of Palestine’s Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Founded in 1993, it once had well-equipped offices in Gaza City, three pianos and storerooms full of instruments … » Read

Courtney Crouse has joined the LSU School of Music as Associate Professor and the Janice Harvey Pellar Endowed Chair of Voice. She has pursued an international career as a mezzo-soprano, and served on the voice faculty at Oklahoma City University … » Read

The Glimmerglass Festival, which opens its season on July 10 with Oklahoma!, has already announced its 2027 iteration, which promises 30 mainstage performances running in repertoire July 12 to August 22, 2027. Stephen Sondheim’s Into the … » Read

Robert Kimball, the musical theater historian who in 1982 uncovered long-buried scores by Gershwin, Porter, Richard Rodgers, et al. in a New Jersey warehouse, died in a Manhattan hospital on July 1. He was 86 and had been ill for several years. … » Read

Philip Glass’s new symphony finally had its premiere on July 5 at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Karen Kamensek conducting. The work, formally known as Symphony No.15 Lincoln , was commissioned by the National Symphony … » Read

LONDON—Renowned as a showcase for a coloratura superstar, Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera hasn’t been seen at Covent Garden since the early 1990s. Richard Jones’s unconventional new staging for the Royal Ballet and Opera … » Read

Sarah Ioannides has concluded her 12-year tenure as music director of Symphony Tacoma and been named its music director laureate. Credited with “visionary leadership and artistic excellence,” Ioannides expanded and diversified … » Read