SAN FRANCISCO — Following last year’s triumphant Ring Cycle at San Francisco Opera, any prospect for a return of the epic to the Bay Area—indeed, to the West Coast, since Seattle Opera has no imminent plans for one—is at … » Read

The Lincoln Center 2020 class of Emerging Artists is comprised of nominees from each of the Center’s 11 resident organizations. “The Emerging Artist Awards,” said Lincoln Center President and CEO Henry Timms, “unite our … » Read

Sir Stephen Cleobury, former director of the famed choir at King's College Cambridge, died on November 22 after a long illness. He was 70. The British conductor, organist, and composer retired last year after 37 years in the post. “It is … » Read

Despite the recent box office successes of Porgy and Bess and Akhnaten , a Nov. 20 report from S & P Global Ratings served as a reminder of the ongoing financial challenges faced by the Metropolitan Opera. While keeping the “A” … » Read

For all the fame and fortune of one and the relative obscurity of the other, Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein make natural bedfellows. By the time that Weill, the doyen of left-wing Weimar-era music theater, had morphed into the Broadway composer … » Read

German conductor Michael Sanderling is to be the chief conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester as of the 2021/22 season, the orchestra’s 216 th . He will be succeeding James Gaffigan, who announced in August that he would step down in … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its 2020 Tanglewood season today, inclusive of programming at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, much of it complementary. Seasonal focal points are Beethoven’s 250 th and Isaac Stears’s 100th … » Read

Yuval Sharon, MacArthur Fellow, much admired and inventive opera director, is to serve as interim artistic advisor of the Long Beach Opera, putting together the 2021 season, including all artistic personnel. He will also direct one of the … » Read

LONDON—The Barbican Center got two dudes for the price of one during a three-night residency by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Gustavo Dudamel kicked off on Nov. 18 with the London premiere of John Adams’s piano concerto Must the Devil … » Read

Tyshawn Sorey, an acclaimed jazz drummer, is Opera Philadelphia’s composer in residence, effective immediately. Identified by OP as “a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, ensemble leader, and conductor assimilating and … » Read