The Vienna State Opera is about to get a shock to its system: In early December, Olga Neuwirth’s operatic version of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography premieres. The first opera written by a woman to be staged at the … » Read

CHICAGO—Back in town after their virtually annual visit to Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave its Nov. 21 subscription audience a program of Shakespeare-inspired vocal music, with Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena on the podium … » Read

Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Benditti, 24, is to be principal guest conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana as of 2020-21. She is currently the assistant conductor to Marc Albrecht and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Benditti first led … » Read

Teodor Currentzis and his musicAeterna chorus and orchestra made their belated North American debut last week with the Verdi Requiem. For more than a decade, the Greek-Russian conductor has won considerable acclaim in his homeland and throughout … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has extended General Manager Peter Gelb’s tenure through 2026–27. He started in the job in 2006 and, by the time the new contract concludes, will be the third-longest-serving GM in the company’s 136-year … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—Across the street from San Francisco Symphony’s concert presentation of the first act of Die Walküre , a different opera about a pair of siblings on the run from danger appeared on the San Francisco Opera stage. … » Read

It is no secret that trade and technology wars, human rights violations, and even a tweet by an NBA official have strained relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. One area that thus far seems immune to the … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Berlin Philharmonic in four concerts as part of the cultural program for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in June 2020. The orchestra will present three performances in Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan concert hall … » Read

LONDON--The Royal Opera’s new production of Britten’s Death in Venice opened just a week after that city suffered its worst floods in 50 years, leaving two dead and a multimillion-euro bill. The headlines dwelt on the city’s … » Read

NEW YORK — Jessye Norman was remembered as a force of nature as thousands filled the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday for a celebration of the soprano, who died Sept. 30 at age 74. Sopranos Renée Fleming, Latonia Moore, Lise … » Read