From the press release: Jacquelyn Stucker has withdrawn from all performances of The Marriage of Figaro for health reasons. The role of Countess Almaviva will be performed by Maria Bengtsson. Press release Wednesday 28 August […]
Katharina Wagner’s parting message last night at the closing of the Bayreuth Festival 2024 was: The entire Festspielchor must re-audition. The existing Festspielchor has been disbanded. The Festspiele will hold auditions on around 10 weekends […]
The Minnesota Orchestra, which is losing its prez to Dallas, has offered the job on an interime basis to the veteran Brent Assink. He was executive director of the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson […]
press release: Anthony Roth Costanzo, the star countertenor who took the helm as General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia on June 1, announced today that all tickets for every performance in the 2024-2025 Season […]
Michael Heaston was promoted yesterday to Deputy General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. Heaston was hired five years ago as artistic administrator in place of Jonathan Friend. Now he’s just a heartbeat away from the […]
The British composer, who died yesterday, gave a long interview about the contributions of his father and other immigrants to the evolution of music in Britain and elsewhere. The post Alexander Goehr: The […]
PR message: I wanted to let you know about cellist and composer Joshua Roman’s Immunity project, centered around his experience of Long COVID, which he will tour to Long COVID clinics around the country this […]
The Baltimore conservatory has made half a dozen new faculty appointments, it said today. Rachel Brashier (pic), Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education; Richard Drehoff, Assistant Professor in Ear Training; Annie Fullard, Professor and […]
There are the new teachers: Soloist, chamber musician, and humorist Nicholas Canellakis (Cello ’06); Philadelphia Orchestra assistant principal Yumi Kendall (Cello ’04); Boston Symphony Orchestra member Christine Jeonghyoun Lee (Cello ’13); and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra […]
The board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has elected Jason Subotky in place of Thomas L. Beckmen as its chair from the beginning of October. Beckmen has presided over several management departures in his five-year […]
