On the weekend of the Ravinia Festival’s grand reopening , CEO Jeffrey Haydon was recalling his first glimpse, seven years ago, of the pavilion. “I was touring the property with the board chair and I remember saying it looked a little … » Read

Teatro Nuovo followed its July 15 Don Giovanni performance with Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia the following night, again at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. The company’s fine period-instrument orchestra was here led by … » Read

Robert Cole, who transformed Cal Performances at UC Berkeley into an internationally acclaimed presenting, producing, and commissioning organization, died on July 11 at the age of 95. The cause was complications following a stroke. A trained … » Read

The Crossing, the Philadelphia-based chamber choir devoted to new music, will explore the theme “Sometimes I Worry” during its upcoming 2026–2027 season. More than 20 performances—concerts, recordings, exhibitions, … » Read

While the U.S. celebrated its semiquincentennial this month, Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo looked back not to 1776, but to a more recent milestone: the 1825–1826 season, when the traveling company led by tenor Manuel García … » Read

MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Nicholas Brownlee had just fallen in love with opera and was eager to see if his emerging bass-baritone voice could handle Richard Wagner’s music. It did not go well. “I kept reading how you have to wait … » Read

With the start of the 2027-28 season, Laura Jackson will begin a five-year contract as the music director of the Madison (WI) Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Only the fifth individual to hold the position in the ensemble’s 100-year history, she … » Read

Ilan Kumaranayake Mendel is to be the Calgary Philharmonic’s resident conductor with the beginning of the 2026-27 season. He arrives as the orchestra continues its search for a successor to Rune Bergmann, who left in 2025 after an … » Read

Elias Peter Brown, 31, has received the 2026 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award as announced by the Foundation’s Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Artistic and Awards Committee Chair Elizabeth Buccheri. The $30,000 prize is said to be “the … » Read

Last night’s concert staging of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL was cancelled due to hazardous air quality from the wildfires in Canada. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus … » Read