CARDIFF—As Welsh National Opera awaits the arrival of Aidan Lang from Seattle Opera as its new general director, outgoing incumbent David Pountney’s farewell season continues with the second work in his Verdi trilogy, a new production … » Read

American-Israeli conductor Steven Sloane is the new music director designate of the Jerusalem Symphony, taking the full job in 2020/21 when he succeeds Frederic Chaslin, who exits after eight years. In September, Sloane, 60, was named principal … » Read

Countertenor David Daniels, 52, and husband Scott Walters, 36, appeared in criminal court in Harris County, TX, on Monday, facing charges of sexually assaulting a Rice University student in 2010. They were arrested two weeks ago in Ann Arbor, MI, … » Read

PHILADELPHIA-- It may have taken 28 years to reach the U.S., but Robert Carsen’s near-definitive staging of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has finally made landfall at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, giving … » Read

David Afkham [pictured], principal conductor of the National Orchestra of Spain (ONE) since 2015, has been named chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra and choir (OCNE), moving up from eight weeks of availability per season to 15. … » Read

London’s cup is suddenly running over with major new music venues. The plans for the Center for Music in the City of London, located at the Barbican Center, were no sooner  unveiled than Anthony Wilkinson, founder and director of the … » Read

In his first season as music director designate, Fabio Luisi [pictured] will lead the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in five weeks of concerts, the highlights of which include Salome in concert, the Dallas premiere of composer-in-residence Julia … » Read

The success story behind the phenomenon known as Romina Arena is a classic against-all-odds tale of courage and determination. Romina, as she is known, is a singer, a songwriter, a book author, screenwriter, and executive producer of film and TV … » Read

Dmitri Shostakovich’s winning streak at the Grammy awards continues. Sunday in Los Angeles, at the pre-telecast award ceremony, the Boston Symphony Orchestra won for Best Orchestral Album with Andris Nelsons conducting the composers Fourth … » Read

SEATTLE—As Ludovic Morlot’s final season at the helm of the Seattle Symphony gets closer to the final stretch, his legacy of nurturing new music is coming into sharper relief. The SSO’s last two programs in … » Read