Dramaturge and music journalist Tobias Wolff [pictured] , managing director of the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, has been appointed Intendant of the Leipzig Opera (est. 1693), the third oldest opera house in Europe. According … » Read

In a smart PR move, management of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has announced it will extend the players’ health and dental benefits through the lockout. Insurance was scheduled to expire June 30, but the BSO has raised funds specific to … » Read

Thirty of Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio Organizations (NPOs), including the Royal Opera House and the National Theater, have signed up for the Spotlight program to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 20 percent by 2023. … » Read

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s new executive and artistic management team was completed earlier this week with the announcement of Ursula Koners, 47, as the new CEO, starting next season. Her appointment follows that of Benedikt Stampa the new … » Read

Amid great fanfare over the “data-driven mission” she has “deployed” at the California Symphony Orchestra over the last five years, “catapulting the [orchestra] onto the national stage” and “redefining … » Read

Michael Tilson Thomas’s representatives have delivered a happy missive to the media: "Michael Tilson Thomas had a successful heart operation at the Cleveland Clinic and is recovering well. The doctors have called the procedures a complete … » Read

The revelation in a newspaper article that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has nearly doubled its debt over the last 19 months--$2.1 million as of late April—has prompted Players Committee Chair Brian Prechtl to cite mismanagement and to … » Read

SEATTLE —With the elegiac strains of the “Mondscheinmusik” interlude from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio as an encore, Ludovic Morlot brought his final program as music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra to an end … » Read

Opera, among the costliest of art forms, is rapidly establishing a beachhead in the oil-rich Arab states of the Gulf region. Leading the way is Sultan Qaboos of Oman, where the Royal Opera House, Muscat (ROHM) opened in 2011. Considered one of … » Read

Mariss Jansons has been advised by doctors to take a three-month “regenerative” break. The 76-year old conductor has been forced to cancel his summer concerts and tour with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, of which he is chief conductor. … » Read