In preparing for the exit of Gustavo Dudamel this season, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is busy filling the gap with new partners. The latest one is 2023 Dudamel Fellow Anna Handler as conductor in residence starting next season. The 29-year-old … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — When Lise Davidsen finished her last performance in Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera over a year ago, she flew home to Norway to await the birth of twins, enjoy a six-month maternity leave and prepare for … » Read

Pâris Mouratoglou,co-founder and 50 percent shareholder of Medici-TV, founder of the Paris-based global renewable energy EREN Groupe, has purchased a majority stake in Intermusica, a classical music management headquartered in London with … » Read

Chang Han-na [pictured] is to be the new president of the Seoul Arts Center. The 44-year-old cellist and conductor is the first woman, the first musician, and the youngest individual to assume the position. She is expected to begin her … » Read

In 2021, during the depths of the pandemic, English National Opera (ENO) established a program to teach Long Covid sufferers how to breathe more effectively with help from opera singers. Subsequently the program— ENO Breathe —has … » Read

Temple University, which recently created a Center City partnership with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, has expanded its reach with a new agreement to explore collaborative projects with Opera Philadelphia.  Company General … » Read

LONDON—Premiered on Good Friday 1727, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion followed on from the St. John Passion of 1724. What would have struck the Leipzig congregation immediately, however, was the sheer ambition of the new work, one composed … » Read

In her role as principal guest conductor, Marin Alsop led the Philadelphia Orchestra in the local premiere of John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On at Carnegie Hall on March 31, part of the hall’s semiquincentennial series, “United … » Read

The Hannover State Opera has tapped Francesco Angelico as its new general music director as of the beginning of the 2026-27 season. He succeeds Stephan Zillias, who joined the State Opera in 2020. The 49-year-old Italian was general music … » Read

The Easter season sees the music of J. S. Bach everywhere, writes Tom Service in The Guardian . “There are performances of his St Matthew Passion in every musical city you care to name, from London to Leipzig, Rome to Rotterdam.” Two … » Read