The 2020 season of the Glyndebourne Festival, May 21 through August 30, includes three new productions and three revivals.  In a statement, Artistic Director Stephen Langridge calls it “a classic Glyndebourne Festival smorgasbord … » Read

Anthony Parnther [pictured] is the new music director of the San Bernadino [CA] Symphony, effective next fall. He becomes the 16th individual to do so since the organization’s founding in 1929. Also music director of the Southeast … » Read

When conductor Brandon Keith Brown was  “relieved of his duties” from Brown University two years ago (two days before a performance with the orchestra), neither the university nor Brown, 39, commented. Now living in Berlin, he … » Read

On May 19 the Chaminade Music Club in Yonkers, NY, will present Her/Music; Her/Story , a program featuring women composers that includes two works by Cécile Chaminade. The French composer and pianist “was one of the most popular and … » Read

George Hanson is the new executive director of the Alexandria (VA) Symphony Orchestra as of June 1. He succeeds Paul Frank, who died two years ago after four months in the job. Hanson arrives in the Virginia orchestra’s top administrative … » Read

Michigan’s Ann Arbor Symphony, with an annual budget of $1.6 million, is in for some major changes at the top. Mary Steffek Blaske, the orchestra’s executive director of 25 years, has said she will retire. At the same time, the … » Read

Women conductors are busy making up for years of neglect. Yesterday, the  Boston Symphony announced Anna Rakitin, a recent conservatory graduate on her way to LA to be a Dudamel Fellow, would be its next assistant music director. Today, the … » Read

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera’s percentage of box office revenue rose slightly this season, giving General Manager Peter Gelb [pictured] hope the company’s finances have rebounded. Gelb said the season that ended Saturday … » Read

The loss of corporate funding has led the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) to call an end to its cutting-edge Liquid Music series. Created in 2012 by Kate Nordstrum, the series offers contemporary classical and chamber music hybrids, often … » Read

NEW YORK - Owen Wingrave was originally composed for television and telecast by the BBC in 1971. Later it was staged at Covent Garden and brought to Santa Fe Opera in 1974. Wingrave is the second of Benjamin Britten’s operas to be based on … » Read