MILAN—In May of 2018, La Scala announced with great fanfare that it had teamed up with mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli to mount three Handel operas, starting next fall with a new, Robert Carsen production of Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto. … » Read

Garry Walker , chief conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz, is to be music director of Opera North (ON) as of 2020/21. He succeeds Aleksandar Markovic, who quit two years ago after less than a year in the job. … » Read

In a statement, Universal Music Group [UMG] has described The New York Times expose of the disastrous fire, alleged to have destroyed 500,000 recording masters, as filled with "numerous inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions and … » Read

Almost two years ago, the abrupt firing of Matthew Halls , a much-celebrated British musician who had succeeded Helmuth Rilling as artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival, roiled this nearly 50-year-old celebration of the masterworks of … » Read

Jack Renner, co-founder in 1977 with producer Bob Woods of Telarc International, died on June 19 after a long battle with cancer. He was 84. Renner’s training was in classical music and for a while he was a professional trumpet player. But … » Read

Ukrainian baritone Andrei Kymach, 31, has won the biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition; he gets £20,000, an elaborate trophy, and the launch lad for a potentially huge career. The prize has been won in the past by the likes … » Read

The financially challenged New York City Opera will have another reduced schedule for its 2019-20 season: just two staged productions plus several concerts for a total of only nine or 10 performances. General Director Michael Capasso’s plan … » Read

A first negotiating session since the lockout on Friday between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra management and the players did not go well. Players Committee Co-chair Brian Prechtl described it as having made “backwards progress.” … » Read

Concert Artist Guild’s Senior VP and Director of Artist Management Steve Shaiman is to make his exit at the end of June. He has been with the venerable young artist agency for 16 years. He leaves precisely one year after  Tanya … » Read

Opus 3 Artists has issued a statement that its client Bramwell Tovey, 66, has been diagnosed with cancer. “His doctors expect him to make a complete recovery. At the advice of his medical team, Maestro Tovey has withdrawn from select … » Read