Opéra de Québec General Artistic Director Grégoire Legendre has announced his intention to retire after 25 years at the helm. He leaves at the end of the 2019-20 season. His hand-picked successor is baritone … » Read

Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba's socialist system, died October 17 at age 98. Miguel Cabrera, an official at the National Ballet of Cuba founded by … » Read

MILAN — Plácido Domingo will not receive a European cultural award this weekend in Vienna as previously announced. It was the first change in the opera legend’s European schedule since numerous accusations of sexual … » Read

Saturday morning, the Ravinia Festival quietly announced the impending exit of its longtime President and CEO Welz Kauffman. He intends to leave at the end of the 2020 season, after 20 years at the helm. “After much reflection, I’ve … » Read

The Los Angeles Music Center—whose resident companies include the Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angles Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic—has a new board chair in philanthropist and onetime City Council … » Read

LONDON—Cards on the table, there were appreciative guffaws from some in the Covent Garden audience at the opening night (October 14) of this new staging of Don Pasquale . I’m baffled as to why. Damiano Michieletto’s ageist … » Read

Richard Ortner, past president of the Boston Conservatory (now the Boston Conservatory at Berklee) died on October 10 after a battle with cancer. He was 71. In the words of Cathy Young, senior vice president and executive director of the … » Read

Ara Guzelimian, who announced his departure from the Juilliard School as dean and provost last June, is to be the Ojai Festival’s artistic director as of its 75 th season, June 10 to 13, 2021. He succeeds Chad Smith, named to the post 18 … » Read

The appointment of Annilese Miskimmon [pictured] as the English National Opera’s (ENO)  new artistic director, argues David Benedict in The Stage , is shocking because “she’s startlingly well-equipped for the job. … » Read

András Keller, artistic director and chief conductor of the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra since 2007, is also a world-renowned Hungarian violinist, founder of the Keller Quartet, professor of violin at the Guildhall School of Music … » Read