Chicago Symphony musicians Monday night rejected the "last, best, and final" offer made by management. Negotiations had picked up again last Friday and continued through the weekend, this time with a mediator, but apparently to no avail. The … » Read

BERLIN—In this festival-loving capital, MaerzMusik: Festival for Issues about Time has become a magnet for new music enthusiasts. The ten-day series of events (held from March 22-31 this year) is presented under the aegis of the Berliner … » Read

Multidisciplinary collaborations can be hit and miss, especially when you are aiming for nothing short of a Wagnerian Gesamtkunstwerk (that’s a “total,” or “universal artwork”). On the other hand, risk is a commodity … » Read

First Jaap, now Gustavo. The Boston Symphony has just announced that Gustavo Dudamel has withdrawn from all of this week’s of concerts, including tomorrow night’s performances of Schumann’s Spring Symphony and Stravinsky’s … » Read

Australian conductor Simone Young [pictured] will replace Music Director Jaap van Zweden in the New York Philharmonic's concerts this week, April 11-13. Repertoire is Mahler Symphony No. 6. An orchestra spokesperson indicated the conductor had … » Read

Larry Hancock, Opera San José’s general director since 2014, has announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2019-20 season. Since 1984, when the company’s founder Irene Dalis made him her first hire, Hancock has filled … » Read

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A violinist for a Texas symphony has suffered an apparent heart attack during a weekend performance and died despite the efforts of doctors in the audience who rushed to help him. Sixty-year-old Yu Zhao Gu was … » Read

Soprano Lisette Oropesa, whose CV boasts over 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, including winning the Guild’s 2005 National Council Auditions, has been chosen by a panel of elites to receive the 2019 Richard Tucker Award. The … » Read

Ivo van Hove is riding the crest of a wave right now. A 2016 Tony-Award-winner for A View from the Bridge , he has been earning raves from local critics over his current high-tech Broadway production of Network (with a visceral central … » Read

LOS ANGELES--The Los Angeles Philharmonic program April 6 in Disney Concert Hall, perhaps by chance, featured a trio of women, including a female soloist, a female conductor, and a female composer of a world premiere. In a season, the … » Read