Writing an opinion piece for The Washington Post , Olivia Giovetti, identified as “a classical music writer based in New York,” proposes that “to really save opera—and classical music in general—we have to let it … » Read

In 2018 Welsh National Opera held a symposium, “Where Are All the Women?” Now it has one answer, naming Tianyi Lu [pictured] as its first female conductor-in-residence. The symposium looked at challenges facing women in the classical … » Read

Neil Williams, a 15-year veteran of the Glyndebourne Opera chorus, is suing the company for unfair dismissal and age discrimination. “I was discarded like an old rag,” the Royal Academy of Music graduate told the Daily Mail . … » Read

SALZBURG-- In contrast to what Idomeneo had to endure, Salzburg’s other opera seria of the summer, Handel’s Alcina at the Haus für Mozart starring Cecilia Bartoli, had to contend merely with the expected foibles of a trendy … » Read

Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, under house arrest largely for his outspoken views since August 2017, has been vindicated—for now. He had been accused of helping to embezzle 68 million rubles (more than $1 million) … » Read

A Japanese academic’s unexpected discovery of a cache of 350 letters in the Library of Congress has brought to light a decade-long affair between Leonard Bernstein and Kunihiko Hashimoto, a Japanese man 35 years his junior. Hashimoto first … » Read

The U.K. government should cover additional costs that musicians incur in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM). A press release states that a no-deal Brexit would cause “major disruption to … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra is to present a four-day celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), playing all nine symphonies and splicing them with newly commissioned works. The new works are … » Read

SALZBURG--Climate change is on people’s minds today, as well it should be. It’s a hard case to make through the medium of opera, particular an 18th-century opera, but in his new production of Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Salzburg … » Read

The State and Cathedral Choir in Berlin, a determinedly all-boys ensemble for its 554-year existence, will remain so for the foreseeable future. That was the ruling on Aug. 15 from a Berlin court that rejected a l awsuit filed on behalf of a … » Read