The drawn-out drama of Stéphane Lissner’s exit from Paris Opera is over. Lissner has left the company, with his replacement Alexander…
Opera Australia is laying off staff and selling assets in order to survive COVID-19. The company will sell two buildings…
OPERA America has launched a new prize for librettists. The Campbell Opera Librettist Prize (COLP) – created with librettist Mark…
The International Belvedere Singing Competition has cancelled this year’s finals due to COVID-19. The event was planned for Jurmala, Latvia…
Russian theatre, opera and film director Kirill Serebrennikov has been convicted of embezzlement. However, he will not face any jail…
Glyndebourne has confirmed that the festival of opera will not take place in 2020. Instead, it will broadcast archive performances…
Eun Sun Kim has signed up as San Francisco Opera’s (SFO) next music director. She becomes only the fourth music…
Bregenz Festival has released its full programme for 2020. The festival, which runs from 22 July – 23 August, will…
Gramophone has announced the winners of its annual Classical Music Awards. Household names like Yuja Wang and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra…
English National Opera (ENO) has launched ENO Response to help find and develop the talent of future opera critics. Created…
