Blake-Anthony Johnson, who has brought the Chicago Sinfonietta to national prominence during his five years as president and CEO, is stepping down to be CEO of the 50-year-old New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation (NOJHF). He exits Chicago, … » Read

The Cincinnati May Festival, in its second year of a new business model that appoints a new director every season, has announced Renée Fleming for that position as of its next edition, the weekends of May 16 and 22. Fleming, whose exit … » Read

Appearances by Lisette Oropesa since the pandemic have been all too rare in New York, the city that once could have been considered her artistic home. By contrast, in Europe she recently has gone from success to success, with Alcina at Covent … » Read

What a difference a decade can make. In 2014 the San Diego Opera (SDO) underwent a near-death experience . On Nov. 1, SDO will open its 60 th season with La bohème , the opera that officially launched the company on May 5, 1965. While the … » Read

In a number of Depression-era films, Mickey Rooney encourages Judy Garland with, “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” Having announced with considerable fanfare that he has founded Capella Edina, a new symphony orchestra in … » Read

More than a decade after a 2011 accident in which she was injured in a fall from a platform at the Metropolitan Opera, mezzo-soprano Wendy White and the company have reached an agreement on the eve of her lawsuit going to trial. While singing the … » Read

Ken-David Masur will step down as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) at the end of the 2025-2026 season, after seven years in the position. The 47-year-old maestro arrived in Milwaukee at the start of the 2019-2020 season … » Read

In 2019 Lara St. John spoke to the Philadelphia Inquirer about how, as a 14-year-old student at the Curtis Institute in the mid-1980s, her teacher, famed violinist Jascha Brodsky, raped and sexually abused her. The school’s failure to … » Read

CHICAGO— Taking over from any longtime music director can be a daunting task. Their identities can fuse with the organization, marking any successor as an interloper. That hasn’t been so much as a passing worry for Newberry Consort … » Read

Vladimir Horowitz once said some Chopin miniatures have more content than a Mahler symphony. At her Zankel Hall recital October 22, Berlin-based Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, 39, proved his point. Durable, romantic-era touchstones on the … » Read