End of an era: Alan Davey to step down at BBC Radio 3 and Proms

One of the most influential figures in the UK classical and art music community, Alan Davey, is to step down after eight years at the … Read more

Go behind the scenes at HKAF’s production of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Laila

One of the most-anticipated events in this year’s 50th anniversary Hong Kong Arts Festival was to be conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen’s opera, Laila. A month before … Read more

Globetrotting conductor Gaffigan unveils 2022/3 season

Leading American conductor James Gaffigan has announced his 2022/23 season, in which he will lead productions of La Bohème and Tristan und Isolde at Valencia’s … Read more

Glyndebourne will go ahead as planned

Glynebourne has announced that it will go ahead as planned this summer. The opera festival will run from 20 May until 29 August. The programme … Read more

Alba Arikha on the birth of an opera

For the last few years author Alba Arikha has been working on BLUE ELECTRIC, an opera based on her memoir Major/Minor. Here she tells IAM about her life … Read more

San Francisco Opera announces new music director

Eun Sun Kim has signed up as San Francisco Opera’s (SFO) next music director. She becomes only the fourth music director in the company’s history. … Read more

Open Door Day at Vienna State Opera

Wiener Staatsoper will open its new season this year with an Open Door Day on 1 September 2019. Visitors will have the chance to look … Read more

Heads up – Artistic director Bill Bankes-Jones on how Tête à Tête festival is making opera for the modern world

Part of the joy of spearheading a small artist-led company are the moments of great intensity in the middle of peak periods. When the festival … Read more

Plácido Domingo accused of sexual harassment

Plácido Domingo hit the headlines this week over accusations he sexually harassed a number of women during the course of three decades, according to the Associated Press news … Read more

Samantha Clarke wins Guildhall School Gold Medal

Guildhall School of Music & Drama has announced soprano, Samantha Clarke, as the winner of the school’s 2019 Gold Medal, outstanding soloist. Since 1950, Guildhall … Read more

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