Citing “a divergence of opinion” with the board about the future growth of the company, Kim Gaynor [pictured] has announced she will step down as general director of the Vancouver Opera on Nov. 1. In the position for three years, … » Read

The odds for success were stacked against the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) when Khushroo Suntook, chairman of the National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA), founded the ensemble in Mumbai 13 years go. “The initial challenges were … » Read

For its 25 th -anniversary season, the Miró Quartet has come up with an intriguing idea. Rather than simply looking back at its own, albeit luminous, quarter century, the group is honoring its entire lineage, dating back to the first … » Read

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will present two complete Ring cycles in the space of two weeks, beginning in late January 2021. The performances will mark the swansong for Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski, in … » Read

Albanian-born pianist  Marie-Ange Nguci [pictured], 22, has joined the HarrisonParrott agency for worldwide representation--her first management firm. She has performed at a number of international festivals, including Ravinia, Beethovenfest … » Read

The Lucerne Festival 2020, which runs August 13-September 20, has chosen as its central theme, “Joy,” as inspired by the 250th anniversary of Beethoven. Among the highlights of the venerable Swiss event, Rebecca Saunders has been … » Read

The success of its 2015 presentation of Bel Canto , the opera based on Anne Patchett’s novel, with music by Jimmy López and libretto by Nilo Cruz, led the Lyric Opera of Chicago to decide that each future season would include a … » Read

On paper, The Turn of the Screw staged in and around an atmospheric country mansion sounds a compelling idea. Benjamin Britten’s masterly 1954 chamber opera after Henry James’s haunting 1898 ghost story of the same name is genuinely … » Read

Portland (OR) Opera has elevated Sue Dixon [pictured]to the post of general director; she has been external affairs director and interim GD since Christopher Mattaliano, who led the company as general director for 16 years, left in July. … » Read

Spoleto Festival USA 2020's new opera, based on the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said , an enslaved African Muslim, is to be titled Omar . A well-educated man before his enslavement, Said wrote his autobiography—in Arabic—in 1831. He was … » Read