Latvian conductor Andris Poga [pictured], 38, is to be the new chief conductor of the Norwegian Stavanger Symphony from the 2021/2022 season. He succeeds Christian Vasquez, in the post for six years. Poga is the current music director of the … » Read

Concord Music Publishing has expanded its already considerable roster of music recording and publishing companies with the purchase of Sikorski Music Publishing Group. The Hamburg-based, family-run business is best known for holding the rights to … » Read

Some marriages seem made in heaven. Such is the case with the Seattle Opera and KING FM 98.1, which will be housed together in the opera's Seattle Center campus beginning in early 2020. Completed in December 2018, the Opera Center plan includes … » Read

LONDON—Fifteen years on from its much-fêted Broadway premiere, Adam Guettel’s romantic musical The Light in the Piazza finally reaches the London stage as a short-run showcase for the talents of Renée Fleming and teen … » Read

SAN PEDRO, CA— “Now, I am awake,” the protagonists of The Central Park Five sing collectively in the Prologue. Projected headline images telescope the timeline: These are the five men of color who were accused in 1989, while … » Read

A Portrait in Four Movements , a new collection of reviews of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performances by Andrew Patner, serves to remind us that a critic’s role can involve building up, not tearing down. Before his untimely death in … » Read

Will foreign artists ever be able to perform in the U.S. again? Lately, it seems as if the U.S. Department of State is determined to discourage any performer or ensemble from applying for a visa to perform in the U.S., unless he or she has won a … » Read

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has added two new honorary members—opera director Sir David Pountney and composer Alexander Goehr—to its roster of musical illuminati. Carl Maria von Weber was the first to receive such … » Read

Following allegations of sexual misconduct reported Tuesday night in the Twin Cities Arts Reader , conductor Stephen Lord has resigned as principal conductor of the Michigan Opera Theater and as music director emeritus of the Opera Theater of St. … » Read

Scenes of outrage erupted at the launch of the new season at Turin's Teatro Regio on Monday, with Mayor Chiara Appendino and Superintendent William Graziosi [pictured] booed and whistled at by a significant proportion of those present. It was "a … » Read