Jörg Widmann is no stranger to the U.S. Music by the Munich-born composer (and Juilliard trained clarinetist) has proved popular over here with works popping up on the programs of most major orchestras. This summer he was resident at the … » Read

After an absence of almost fifty years—49 years and 253 days to be exact—the Beatles’ Abbey Road is back on top of the charts in the U.K. The last album recorded by the Fab Four was released in 1969. Although Let It Be was … » Read

NEW YORK — Some in the audience wore tuxedos and evening gowns, others wore jeans and sneakers. There was even a man wearing a black sleeveless shirt and blue suede cowboy boots. The Metropolitan Opera began regular Sunday-afternoon staged … » Read

The other shoe dropped today, as the Los Angeles Opera announced that its President and CEO Christopher Koelsch will add the responsibilities of general director to his role in the wake of Plácido Domingo’s resignation last week. … » Read

With its 99 choristers, 75 supernumeraries and enough bling to sink the Titanic, Franco Zeffirelli’s ultra-lavish production of Turandot is rightly considered a trinket in the Metropolitan Opera’s treasure chest, having held its place … » Read

Soprano Larisa Martínez and violinist Joshua Bell were married October 5th at their home in Westchester County, NY.  New York Times columnist David Brooks presided. Born in Puerto Rico, Martinez is a onetime Metropolitan Opera … » Read

The relief accompanying the recent announcement of a one-year collective bargaining agreement between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and its players may prove short-lived if the organization cannot address a structural deficit that has … » Read

Plácido Domingo received Mexico's first annual Batuta prize in classical music on Saturday, although he was not in attendance at the ceremony in Mexico City. Domingo was chosen in May to receive the first edition of the prize. … » Read

Tenor Marcello Giordani, renowned for a voice of beauty and heft that made him a star at the world's top opera houses, died Saturday. He was 56. Giordani had a heart attack following lunch at his home in Monte Tauro, a suburb of Augusta in … » Read

LONDON—Gluck’s most famous opera should be a gift to any creative team but—in the U.K. at least—it’s surprising how rarely it has worked in recent years. Orfeo ed Eurydice has a singing cast of three and an ocean of … » Read