LONDON—It’s fourth time lucky in English National Opera’s Orpheus season. In the operas of Gluck , Offenbach , and Birtwistle a trio of unsatisfactory stagings diverted attention from some fine all-round musicianship, so it has … » Read

The Turtle Bay Music School, Manhattan’s mainstay community music school for 94 years, is closing. The school sold its midtown four-story home at 242 E. 52nd St. last year for about $11 million and moved to a commercial condo building … » Read

Chicago has a long and intimate relationship with Prokofiev. He made his  Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut as conductor composer, and soloist early as 1918, and Chicago was the first American city to hear music from his new ballet Romeo and … » Read

The Young Concert Artists International auditions concluded last Sunday in Merkin Concert Hall, with four winners—two pianists, a string quartet, and a saxophone player—chosen from a field of 150 applicants from 17 countries. Each of … » Read

Opera San Antonio, now in its fifth year as resident opera company of the new Tobin Center, has named a new general and artistic director, as well as a new music director. It’s not entirely clear whom they succeed directly, but previous to … » Read

Russian conductor Daniel Raiskin is to be the next principal conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, effective from the 2020/21 season. He succeeds James Judd, in the job since 2017-18. Raiskin is in his first season as music director of … » Read

The flooding in Venice, the most devastating in the city since 1966, has wreaked havoc everywhere, causing two deaths and an estimated €1bn worth of damage. Teatro La Fenice, whose season-opening is scheduled for November 24, has cancelled … » Read

Update: The BSO, with special patron support, has officially hired Kaiser to work with it on developing “a multi-year plan” for survival, or as he put it, “to chart a course that allows for consistent artistic accomplishment in … » Read

After a piano rehearsal, two orchestra sessions and one concert performance together, soprano Christine Goerke gushed with praise for Gianandrea Noseda. “He doesn’t just use his hands and his arms. He conducts with his entire … » Read

Cristian Macelaru is having quite a year. Last week, the Orchestre National de France made the surprise announcement that he would succeed Emmanuel Krivine as its chief conductor in the fall of 2021. Currently in his first season as music … » Read