Perhaps it is a coincidence that the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Managing Director Jan Raes has decided to resign in the wake of Daniele Gatti’s firing one year ago as music director. The orchestra announced today that Raes will … » Read

Without comment or input from its musicians, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will change its season from 52 to 40 weeks. As such, all summer 2019 concerts have been cancelled.The final program will be the live-with-film … » Read

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK—Among the U.K.’s ever-growing manifest of country-house opera companies, there are two that stand out. Glyndebourne remains the pack leader, by some distance, but the summer rival that has that house’s … » Read

The Eighth Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition concluded earlier in the week in Helsinki, FI, an international quinquennial competition that awards a total of €173,000 spread across nine prizes, four to men, four to women, and one … » Read

Prominent Mali vocalist Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté has had to cancel her participation in the upcoming Kronos Festival 2019 because her visa was subject to “extreme vetting” by the U.S. State Department, therefore holding … » Read

American Ballet Theatre’s annual Metropolitan Opera House season, now in its third week, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Alexei Ratmansky’s tenure as the company’s artist in residence. His 16th ballet for ABT, The … » Read

The Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard [pictured] has once again devoted his talents to music with his new documentary Pavarotti , which opens in select theaters on June 7. Having previously directed films on Jay Z and The Beatles, Howard … » Read

Few people are more prone to exploitation in the workplace than those who are passionate about what they do. Low or no pay has long been a feature of work in the arts, an area that has proven largely immune to the growing demands for a living … » Read

Orchestras large and small are increasingly reliant on data to grow and retain audiences. In this relentless scramble for sustainability, the scale and ambition of the ensemble may matter far less than expected. Witness a comparison between the … » Read

MILAN--Daniele Gatti has been given yet another vote of confidence by his fellow countrymen. Last weekend he was named music director of the Bologna-based Orchestra Mozart—the latest Italian appointment since his dramatic exit from the … » Read