Miscellany

Plácido Domingo, 77, has sung his 150th role. …
Architect Frank Gehry has designed a new concert hall for L.A. Phil’s youth orchestra. …
The music director of the Long Beach Symphony adds the Portland Symphony (Maine) to his resume. …
The Philadelphia Orchestra is going to test drive new works by six young women composers. …
The Concertgebouw Orchestra has fired its celebrated chief conductor. …
George Walker, the first African American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize, has died at 96. …
At the Bayreuth Festival, Wagner gets a timely update. …
None other than Yo-Yo Ma offers a sampling of Bach for his Tiny Desk Concert. …
–TM
Miscellany