Classical music’s top ten highs and lows of 2012

Shake it up, baby: It was a year of change for classical music institutions in Washington. Francesca Zambello was named artistic director of the Washington National Opera (finally!); Neale Perl was nudged out of his post at the head of the Washington Performing Arts Society. Leon Major retired from the University of Maryland’s Opera Studio, which he made a quiet powerhouse of interesting work. Gerald Perman turned over the helm of his Vocal Arts D.C. to Peter Russell, and Norman Scribner ...