In a project that combines elements of the Barenboim-Said West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Carnegie Hall’s annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYOUSA), conductor Jan Latham-Koenig is launching the privately … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Opera made a bold move when it last presented Carmen only three years ago, at the end of the David Gockley era. It marked the first-ever North American platform for the highly controversial Catalan director … » Read

The New York office of the Rotterdam-based Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has released plans to transform the 550,000square-foot Barbara Jordan Post Office in Houston into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces, and a … » Read

João Gilberto, credited as the father of the bossa nova, has died at the age of 88. According to AFP, he has been living in Rio for the last decade, struggling with mental health and financial issues. In 1958, Gilberto launched what was to … » Read

STOKENCHURCH, UK—Garsington Opera is celebrating its 30th-anniversary season, the ninth since it moved operations to Wormsley, the Getty family estate in the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles northwest of London. And it looks like Mark Getty is as … » Read

In a passionate opinion piece, The Week’s national correspondent Matthew Walther argues for the necessity of supporting America’s orchestras. “If we cannot make Wagner and Bruckner and Richard Strauss available to anyone who … » Read

The Orchestre Régional Avignon Provence, founded over two centuries ago, has named Debora Waldman to be its next music director. She starts in September 2020, with a contract of three years. Waldman served from 2006-09 as assistant to Kurt … » Read

Multi-genre presenter Performance Santa Fe, soon to launch its 83 rd season, has hired a new artistic and executive director in Chad Hilligus [pictured], 37, resident producer and director of major gifts for the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, … » Read

Franco Zeffirelli's new production of La traviata , which opened at the Verona Arena on June 21, was always going to be a tribute of sorts. Announced in February, the project would draw on his previous productions of the opera, and, as with his … » Read

Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska [pictured] has signed with HarrisonParrott for worldwide general management. She was previously with Raab and Böhm. Poska, 40, is music director of Theatre Basel and recently announced as the new chief … » Read