Musical America

A Riveting Bluebeard Highlights MET Orchestra Concerts The Met made amends for the absence from its stage this season of two outstanding female singers previously active there, soprano Lisette Oropesa and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca. Read the review: musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Changing of the (Opera) Guard at Intermusica Intermusica management has moved Nathan Morrison from the position of associate director of vocal & opera to head of vocal & opera, a title that also lands him on the board of directors. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

The Mystery of the Missing Pipe Organ in David Geffen Hall Sadly, notes Paul Jacobs, the Grammy Award-winning organist, the one thing New York City can't claim is a pipe organ worthy of its musical ambitions. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Big Revenue Jump for U.S. Music Publishing On June 12 David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), announced that revenues for 2023 totaled $6.21 billion, a 10.74 percent increase from the previous year. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Spotify Further Shirks Composer/Songwriters The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) rules allow streaming services to pay out a lower rate for “bundled services” than for stand-alone music services. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

New CEO for Rockport Music Suzanne Wilson will succeed Tony Beadle as president and CEO of Rockport (MA) Music as of July 1; she arrives after time in London with family, having previously served a brief term at the helm of the Phoenix Symphony. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

NEW JOB: Artistic Director and Conductor, Greenville Chorale in Greenville, South Carolina jobs.musicalamerica.com/job/artistic-d… #MusicalAmericaJobs

NEW JOB: Manager of Orchestra Personnel, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jobs.musicalamerica.com/job/manager-of… #MusicalAmericaJobs

Urbánski to Warsaw Phil; Brabbins to Malmö Symphony; Axelrod to CH Symphony Krzysztof Urbánski takes on two new key roles as of 2024-25: chief conductor of Switzerland’s Berner Symphonieorchester and music and artistic director of Warsaw Philharmonic. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

New Musicians: Cleveland O, Orpheus The Cleveland Orchestra has a new first associate concertmaster in Liyuan Xie, who arrives in the job just one year after he joined the orchestra’s second violin section. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Kyiv Symphony Begins 3-year Residency in Monheim am Rhein This summer the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra will begin a three-year residency in the German city of Monheim am Rhein. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

The LA Phil at the Barbican: They Aimed to Please The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s recent concert at London’s Barbican Center left one veteran music critic yearning for some “real musical satisfaction.” Read the review: musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Met Opera Inches Back to Pre-pandemic B.O. The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of its available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23 and an increase from 61% from its first season following the pandemic. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

An Enigmatic Night in Royal Festival Hall The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings offered plenty of opportunities here in the U.K to hear Elgar’s Nimrod, a piece of music regularly associated with national rememberance. Read the review: musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

IU's Jacobs School of Music Announces 6 New Faculty Within the last two months, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has announced six new faculty members, most of them effective as of August 1. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Teatro Massimo's New Tristan Is Pleasing to the Ear, Perplexing to the Eye A new Tristan and Isolde recently completed a six-performance run at Palermo’s Teatro Massimo. Read the review: musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

NEW JOB: Vice President of Artistic Planning, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera in Salt Lake City jobs.musicalamerica.com/job/vice-presi… #MusicalAmericaJobs

NEW JOB: Program Manager, American Composers Orchestra in New York City jobs.musicalamerica.com/job/program-ma… #MusicalAmericaJobs

Shakeup at the Canadian Opera "The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is today announcing that General Director Perryn Leech will be moving on from the organization by mutual agreement. musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…

Uchida Brings Mozart to Ojai, Celebrates Schoenberg & Saariaho Since the 1980s, the Ojai Festival has had a different music director every year, with only the artistic director remaining in place year-round (currently it’s Ara Guzelimian.) musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory…