LONDON—In 1876, all the world and his wife flocked to Bayreuth to marvel at the premiere staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen . One hundred and fifty years on and the global appetite appears undimmed for this four-opera … » Read

On June 22, Alexander Brose, president & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), announced the retention of Katharine Montpetit, an attorney with Rubin & Co. LLP, to lead an independent investigation into allegations of historical … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The murder weapon is already on display before it actually gets used in Keith Warner’s Elektra . Initially seen at San Francisco Opera in 2017 and revived by Anja Kühnhold, Warner’s riveting production sets … » Read

At the end of the 2025-26 season the Seattle Symphony bid farewell to three long-tenured musicians while announcing the addition of as many new players and an assistant conductor. Retiring are Laura DeLuca (clarinet) and Timothy Hale (viola), … » Read

On July 1 Chandler Johnson will begin his tenure as artistic director of the Dayton Opera, with an initial contract for three years. He succeeds Kathleen Clawson, who announced her intent to step down in February 2026 after five years in the … » Read

Opinion There is a scene that keeps replaying in the history of great orchestras. A powerful man — usually a conductor, occasionally a board — decides that someone must go. No hearing is held. No musicians are consulted. A terse … » Read

John Adams’s presence as a composer at Ojai 2026 was as pervasive as music director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s throughout much of the weekend. Indeed, one each of Adams’s screwball “trickster” pieces closed three … » Read

The Perlman Music Program (PMP) has named Catherine Cho as associate director and director of the Summer Music School. She will work closely with Toby Perlman, who founded the program in 1994 and has until now directed the summer program. Cho, a … » Read

In 2021, the World Health Organization estimated that about 57 million people globally suffered from dementia, a population that grows by about 10 million each year. An umbrella term for debilitating symptoms producing memory loss and impaired … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana, and Alicia Keys, … » Read