VIENNA – Dominique Meyer, director of the Vienna State Opera since 2010, and Christian Kircher, managing director of Bundestheater-Holding, the government-run agency that oversees the State Opera, the Volksoper, and the Burgtheater, have … » Read

Simon Woods, who succeeded Deborah Borda as CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has been in the job just 20 months , has resigned, with immediate effect. "The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an extraordinary organization in every respect," he … » Read

Ever loyal to his hometown orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has signed a contract for life with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, just as they begin their 20th season together. Now the music director of the … » Read

German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter represents the field of music among the five recipients of the 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards, announced today by the Japan Art Association. She and her four fellow honorees will each receive 15 million yen (c. … » Read

Just on the heels of announcing 29-year-old American Ryan Bancroft as its new principal conductor, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales (BBC NOW) has named Lisa Tregale as its first ever woman director. She starts in the new year, … » Read

Between the workers at General Motors and the players in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, union labor is having a difficult time of late. But in oil-rich Texas, management of the Houston Grand Opera has reached comfortable accords with all three … » Read

Among Tomer Zvulun’s first acts six years ago as the new general and artistic director of The Atlanta Opera (TAO) was to establish a program focusing on the stories of soldiers. A performance of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs on … » Read

It’s been one year since the New York Philharmonic suspended principal oboe Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey for engaging in “misconduct.” The two have subsequently been dismissed, but arbitration … » Read

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians went ahead with their free concert Saturday afternoon in the New Shiloh Baptist Church, the same day as the free season opener at Meyerhoff Hall was scheduled. The latter never happened, because the players … » Read

Starting next week, theaters in the UK are to receive instruction on how to plan for Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. The government has provided funding for its performance centers to properly prepare ahead of the October … » Read