In his blog, former Baltimore Sun music (and, eventually, theater and food) critic Tim Smith is fighting the good fight for the survival of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In his latest argument, he suggests, strongly, that Music Director Marin … » Read

Breaking the Waves , composer Missy Mazzoli [pictured] and librettist Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of Lars von Trier’s eponymous 1996 film, is the feature attraction of the West Edge Opera’s 2019 summer season. “I’m … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has appointed Australia-born Nathan Aspinall [pictured] to be its assistant conductor as of next season; he succeeds Enrico Lopez-Yañez, who was recently named principal pops conductor. Aspinall arrives from the … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic has tapped conductor Herbert Blomstedt as its newest Honorary Member in a short ceremony July 26 in Salzburg, where the maestro will lead the Phil in Mahler's Ninth on August 30 and 31.  When bestowing the honor, the … » Read

Walter Homburger, longtime managing director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, died on July 25 at the age of 95.  One of his country’s most highly regarded music administrators, Homburger first came to the TSO in 1962 and is … » Read

It was over 25 years ago that Decca’s pioneering Entartete Musik series released the world premiere recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane ( The Miracle of Heliane ). Entartete Musik, or “degenerate … » Read

Leadership at the Curtis Institute of Music is scrambling to control the damage resulting from a July 25 newspaper report on a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse by a teacher of a student . Violinist Lara St. John said Jascha Brodsky, a … » Read

In an opinion piece, Carol Bogash, a onetime senior executive at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, excoriates the management and board for the BSO’s financial problems. Bogash, board chair of the Washington Conservatory of Music and a … » Read

Replacing Cecilia Bartoli in Robert Carsen’s new production of Giulio Cesare at La Scala will be Danielle De Niese. The Australian-born mezzo-soprano was active in the baroque repertoire earlier in her career, having sung Cleopatra in … » Read

Bayside Performance Park, the San Diego Symphony’s proposed $45 million permanent venue for outdoor concerts in Embarcadero Marina Park, moved another step closer to reality on July 24, when the Port of San Diego commissioners unanimously … » Read