British conductor William Boughton, interim music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra (YSO) for the past academic year , has been named to the position on a fulltime basis. He will also be an associate professor, adjunct. He succeeds … » Read

Further developments in streaming classical music —apart from new services like Idagio and Primephonic that are actually designed for the genre—include better sound quality. But to take advantage of it, you will need to keep using … » Read

The Los Angeles Music Center—whose resident companies are the LA Opera, LA Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale, the Center Theater Group, and Glrya Kaufman Dance—has received a gift of $12 million, toward making its programming … » Read

MILAN--At the end of June, La Scala superintendent Alexander Pereira [pictured] found he would soon be out of a job , after the theater's board refused to renew his contract through 2022. The following month, a vacancy emerged at the Festival of … » Read

When the 47-year-old Kirill Petrenko walked to the podium in Berlin’s Philharmonie on Aug. 23, he launched a new era for what many consider the world’s finest orchestra. The shy Russian-Austrian conductor represents a marked contrast … » Read

Marian Anderson remains a towering figure in American musical life. Best known for her performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, after the DAR refused her permission to sing in Constitution Hall, she modestly but persistently pursued her … » Read

San Antonio Symphony musicians are getting a raise—of about six percent over the next three years. By 2022, the starting salary will be $35,774. The orchestra performs about 15 classical programs a year, each for two nights, along with … » Read

On his website Parterre.com , editor James Jorden argues the case for Plácido Domingo to withdraw from the Met Opera’s 2019-20 season. His first performance, as Verdi’s Macbeth opposite Anna Netrebko, is scheduled for … » Read

The Atlanta Opera has hired not one but two new development officers in the wake of Rae Weimer’s retirement as director of development last March. She had been in the job just over ten years. Stepping into the newly created post of chief … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw September 13 opening night is to be led by ever-rising conductor Elim Chan. She steps in for Franz Welser-Möst, who is reported to have a shoulder injury that needs “minor” surgery at the beginning of … » Read