Dolora Zajick, one of opera’s preeminent dramatic Verdi mezzo-sopranos, will retire in May of 2020, following three appearances in Janácek's Káta Kabanová at the Metropolitan Opera. Zajick has sung more than 260 … » Read

A press release from the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in Geneva announcing a new interim secretary general prompted the question of Benjamin Woodruffe’s whereabouts. Woodruffe [pictured] has been at the helm … » Read

Plácido Domingo, currently in rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera for the title role in Verdi’s Macbeth , opening two weeks from today, has had another accuser go public. Melinda McLain, a production coordinator at the LA Opera in … » Read

John Glover, VP and director of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DiMenna Center for Classical Music, is to be the new director of artistic planning for the Kaufman Music Center, which includes Merkin Hall. It’s a new position under the … » Read

A gift of $4m from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation will enable the Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) to complete a versatile residential facility—the final element of its 1990 master site plan. Since the 1930s succeeding … » Read

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is in the midst of a transformation. The most visible evidence is a new 236-bed, cutting-edge residence and parking complex. The school is also taking steps to reduce its student body, ideally from 430 to … » Read

As a chaser to its standoff with management, the Baltimore Symphony musicians this morning filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the orchestra, claiming, “Since June 17, 2019, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has failed, and … » Read

After three days of intensive negotiations, Baltimore Symphony management and musicians are at a crossroads. In separate press releases last night, each issued their own version of the situation. Headline from management: "Baltimore Symphony … » Read

While the Metropolitan Opera reports that two of Plácido Domingo’s three scheduled performances as Macbeth are sold out (Sept. 25 and 28), the much ballyhooed one-day  Plácido Domingo Gala HD event last  Saturday … » Read

Is Stuart Murphy [pictured], the English National Opera’s (ENO) chief executive, “cocking a snook at those whose friendly understanding it should be courting”? Telegraph critic Rupert Christiansen thinks so.  In denying … » Read