The Paris Chamber Orchestra (L’Orchestre de chambre de Paris), has named German pianist/conductor Lars Vogt, 49, as its new music director. With approval of the city and the Ministry of Culture, and in consultation with the members of the … » Read

Lincoln Center plans to experiment with Yondr for selected  cell-phone-free performances during its 10 th White Lights Festival, which begins Oct. 19 and extends through Nov. 24. Before taking their seats, audience members will place their … » Read

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has added a violist to its core of 25 players. Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss [pictured] has been free-lancing with the orchestra for the last seven years and also plays with the New York City Ballet Orchestra and the New … » Read

The decision by London’s National Theater to end its sponsorship by Shell next year makes it the latest high-profile cultural institution to sever ties with the fossil fuel industry; last week the Royal Shakespeare Company did the same, … » Read

LONDON—The French have a word for it: loufoque . It means zany, bizarre, bewildering…in fact all things preposterous. In opera, there is nothing more “loufoque” than Offenbach’s satirical operetta Orphée aux … » Read

In June 2020 the 45-year-old Takács Quartet will welcome a new violist in Richard O'Neill. He succeeds Geraldine Walther, who is retiring after 15 years with the ensemble; her final concert with the group will be on May 22, 2020, at the … » Read

British director Amy Lane, head staff director for the Royal Opera, is to become artistic director of the ten-year-old Copenhagen Opera Festival. Having started out as a backup singer for the likes of Barry Manilow, she subsequently moved on to … » Read

Two recent incidents signal the growing and disruptive intrusion of cellphones into performances. In New York, Joshua Henry reached into seats onstage during the Off-Broadway musical The Wrong Man to grab a phone being used to record his … » Read

Luigi de Magistris, Mayor of Naples (Italy) and president of the city’s Teatro San Carlo, has announced that St é phane Lissner [pictured] current general director of the Paris Opera, is to be the new superintendent of the Teatro San … » Read

Annilese Miskimmon—current director of opera at Den Norske Opera and Ballet/Norwegian National Opera & Ballet—is to be the new artistic director of the English National Opera. She succeeds Daniel Kramer, who left in August after … » Read