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Updated Nov 7, 2025

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Interventionist Makropulos Booed

LONDON—Katie Mitchell is known for her frequently revelatory radical Feminist revisions of the operatic canon, but in the case of Janácek’s The Makropulos Case she has staged an … »Read

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Katie Mitchell's Leading Lady Is No Feminist

The Royal Opera’s first-time staging of Janácek’s The Makropulos Case this November represents the swan song for noted director Katie Mitchell, who has announced her retirement … »Read

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URochester Names First Music & Medicine Professor

Dr. David M. Greenberg will join the University of Rochester’s Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM), a joint venture of the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester’s … »Read

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A Tribute to Richard Bass, 1933-2025

Former Grant Park Concerts General Manager Richard Bass, whose career as a musician, orchestra manager, artist representative, and nonprofit fundraising executive spanned more than six decades, … »Read

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New Host for Performance Today

Valerie Kahler assumed her new role as host of Performance Today this week, as Fred Child, in the job 25 years, stepped down. Heard on hundreds of public radio stations nationwide, Performance … »Read

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HGO Names Music Director

Native New Yorker James Gaffigan, 46, is to be the next music director of the Houston Grand Opera. Patrick Summers, artistic and music director since 1968, announced last year at this time that he … »Read

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New Dead Man Walking Is Brutal
Yet Balanced

LONDON —Dead Man Walking is never a comfortable evening in the theatre—nor should it be. Jake Heggie’s opera, premiered in San Francisco in 2000, asks difficult questions and … »Read

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Big Changes at Boosey

Music publisher Boosey & Hawkes has announced a major leadership transition. In June 2026, Janis Susskind OBE will conclude her 13-year tenure as managing director after 46 years with the … »Read

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A Renewal in Atlanta

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has extended Nathalie Stutzmann’s term as music director through 2028-2029. The current season is her fourth in the role. Among other changes needing to … »Read

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Mirga Is Principal Guest in France

Beginning in September 2026, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla will become the principal guest conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a three-year term, joining Jaap van Zweden as he … »Read
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Each month, Musical America spotlights an important emerging talent. If you haven't heard of the New Artist of the Month before, we predict you will soon.


Hongni Wu, mezzo-soprano
New Artist of the Month
November 2025
Emma Wernig, viola
New Artist of the Month
October 2025
Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
New Artist of the Month
September 2025
Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
New Artist of the Month
August 2025
Oliver Talukder, oboist
New Artist of the Month
July 2025
Katharina Wincor, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2025
Catharine Woodward, soprano
New Artist of the Month
May 2025
Abigail Raiford, soprano
New Artist of the Month
April 2025
Ashley Jackson, harpist
New Artist of the Month
March 2025
Kari Watson, composer
New Artist of the Month
February 2025
Gabriela Lara, violinist
New Artist of the Month
January 2025
Madeline Apple Healey, soprano
New Artist of the Month
December 2024

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