Teatro Nuovo followed up its exciting account of Bellini’s La Straniera last week with a memorable presentation the very next evening (July 18) at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater of another bel canto masterpiece, Rossini’s … » Read

For the new production of the Ring in 2020, Bayreuth Festival Director Katharina Wagner is turning to the younger generation, choosing Austrian director Valentin Schwarz [pictured], 32, to stage it and Finnish maestro Pietari Inkinen, 40, to … » Read

Keitaro Harada is to be the new music and artistic director for the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO). He will serve as director designate for the 2019-2020 season, and assume his responsibilities full-time beginning with the 2020-2021 … » Read

Just weeks before exceeding its annual fund goal of $2.5 million, the Cleveland Institute of Music announced the appointment of Constance Skingel [pictured] as its new director of development. She started last week, succeeding Dan Coleman who … » Read

Allan Ulrich, San Francisco-based arts critic admired for his erudite opinions, died on July 22 at the age of 78. The cause was cancer. Born in New York, raised in Montreal, Ulrich was an active Bay Area free-lancer before joining the staff of … » Read

LENOX, MA -- July 20, 2019, and as much of America melts in an unprecedented heatwave, at Tanglewood the thermometer hits 100 degrees. Spare a thought, therefore, for Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Andris Nelsons, and the valiant musicians of … » Read

William Graziosi [pictured], whose appointment as general manager of Teatro Regio in April of 2018 prompted Gianandrea Noseda to resign after 11 years as music director, has fallen out of favor. Pending approval by the Italian Culture Minister, … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will open its 2019-20 season on September 14 not with a gala starring Renée Fleming, as originally announced, but with a free concert programmed to preview the coming season. The gala, the BSO’s … » Read

The death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police is an all-too-common occurrence in today’s America. Blue , a new opera by Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson, examines such a tragedy, with a … » Read

The Midsummer Ball, the largest arts fundraiser in Western Canada, has netted more than $1.27m to support the Banff Center’s arts programs, which offer education, mentorship, and inspiration to both emerging and established artists. … » Read