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Lawyers Summoned over Luisi's Abrupt Exit
Feb 8, 2010
by Jordan Brown
"We view Mr. Luisi's resignation as invalid," declares Saxon Culture Minister...Salzburg Festival Scandal Heats Up
Feb 8, 2010
Eight employees now implicated in sponsorship fraud totaling over €2m...John Dankworth Dies
Feb 8, 2010
Legendary British jazz musician dead at 82...A Dreary Revival with but One Saving Grace
Feb 8, 2010
by Peter G. Davis
Strauss’s "Ariadne auf Naxos" returns to the Met, and even the orchestra sounds off its game...Encores! Unearths Another Gem
Feb 8, 2010
by Howard Kissel
Endearing revival of "Fanny" makes you wonder what took so long...Seattle Symphony Names Interim Exec
Feb 8, 2010
Seasoned fund-raiser will run the orchestra, a bit sooner than planned...Met Opera Hires (Back) Joseph Volpe
Feb 5, 2010
With labor negotiations coming up, company calls in the expert...Fabio Luisi Quits Dresden Unexpectedly
Feb 5, 2010
Says officials have ignored his contract with respect to artistic decisions...In London, a Feast of Sibelius
Feb 5, 2010
by Keith Clarke
Osmo Vänskä leads the London Philharmonic in several stages of “Miraculous Logic”...Financing for EMI Deal Comes up Short
Feb 5, 2010
Private equity group carrying £3.8 billion in debt, mostly owed to Citigroup...'Tis the Season for New Seasons
Feb 4, 2010
Announcements of 2010-11 this week in Dallas, Seattle, Utah and Pittsburgh...Judgment vs. London Phil GM: £2.3 million
Feb 4, 2010
Former finance director embezzled funds for home improvements and jewelry...'The Soloist' Records His First CD
Feb 4, 2010
Nathaniel Ayers, alive and well and in the studio...Berlin to Fund African Opera Village
Feb 4, 2010
Director Christoph Schlingensief establishes new performing arts program and complex in Burkina Faso...R- rated "Lulu" Comes to Geneva
Feb 4, 2010
Director Oliver Py warns, keep the kids at home...Los Angeles Arts Funding in Jeopardy
Feb 3, 2010
With the city facing a $199 million short fall, guess which agency is slated for a huge hit?...A Concert of Intergenerational Music Making
Feb 3, 2010
by Jordan Brown
American Composers Orchestra offers "Conversations" with many voices...Letters: Shen Yun's Agenda
Feb 3, 2010
A reader points out the missing link in Hong Kong's denial of visas to touring troupe...'American Psycho,' the Musical
Feb 3, 2010
"Spring Awakening" composer Duncan Sheik has a new score in the pipeline...Composer Switch for "Edge of Darkness"
Feb 3, 2010
Why did Warner Bros. reject John Corigliano's original in favor of a new one by Howard Shore...Lang Lang Drops DG for Sony
Feb 2, 2010
Signs a deal said to be worth $3 million...Botstein Resurrects Henry Cowell
Feb 2, 2010
by Leslie Kandell
Neglected treasures revisited, when just one visit is enough...Salzburg Festival Technical Director Fired
Feb 2, 2010
Implicated in scheme that cost festival €650,000 annually...Protest Over Instrument Collection's Demise
Feb 2, 2010
Victoria and Albert Museum will break up one-of-kind musical instrument exhibit...Barbican Box Office Manager in Jail
Feb 2, 2010
Siphoned revenues off into his personal bank account over a 13-month period...A Compelling New Voice Emerges
Feb 1, 2010
by Pierre Ruhe
Composer Tristan Perich’s instruments are both “antiquated and adorable”...Heroes of Yesterday Get a Second Look
Feb 1, 2010
by Peter G. Davis
An oft-neglected group of mid-century American composers recognized at this year's Focus!...San Francisco Symphony Tops Grammys
Feb 1, 2010
by Susan Elliott
Recording of Mahler Symphony No. 8 gets three awards...Scotland's Prisons Take up the Arts
Feb 1, 2010
Seven arts groups, including the Scottish Opera, participate in new rehabilitation project...Indiana Arts Center Lays Off Staff
Feb 1, 2010
John Waldron Arts Center loses all seven full- and part-time employees for lack of funds...Do the Classical Charts Mean Anything?
Feb 1, 2010
In this genre, if a recording sells 200 or 300 units, it ends up in the Top 10...Summer Camp for Musical Grown-ups
Jan 29, 2010
by Susan Elliott
Baltimore Symphony Academy offers a week of learning from and playing with the Real Thing...Ireland Cuts Arts Funds, Estabs New Opera
Jan 29, 2010
Survival of the newest, as opposed to the fittest...A New Tenor Bows in Met "Carmen"
Jan 29, 2010
by Mike Silverman
A little rough around the edges, but he's positively frightening in the final, tragic scene...La Renèe Wows 'em in Mississippi
Jan 29, 2010
by Sheila Byrd
Opera house's 65th anniversary brings a special guest to town...Carnegie Hall Targets Japanese Culture
Jan 28, 2010
by Susan Elliott
2010-11 season sees venerable institution as hub of another multi-cultural festival...Beijing Court Rules in Favor of Pirating Site
Jan 28, 2010
IFPI estimates that 99 percent of all music consumed in China is downloaded illegally...Chicago Lyric Announces 2010-11
Jan 28, 2010
Number of productions stays the same, but with fewer performances...Seattle Symphony Strike Averted
Jan 28, 2010
Musicians, management tentatively agree on "23 month" terms...LA Opera to Open 2010-11 with New Work
Jan 28, 2010
Daniel Catan's "Il Postino" kicks off the season on Sept. 23 with guess who in the central role...Bayreuth Spokesman Worked for the Stasi
Jan 27, 2010
Another uncomfortable connection for the Wagner festival...Opera Orchestra Names New Mus Director
Jan 27, 2010
Successor to Eve Queler will take over 2011-12...Academy of Ancient Music Names New Chief
Jan 27, 2010
by Nicholas Beard
Current GM of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, former record label exec...Cinci College-Conservatory Names Interim
Jan 27, 2010
Dean Knehans exits; interim named. Meanwhle, UC provost resigns...And Now, Boulez the Composer
Jan 27, 2010
by Wynne Delacoma
The birthday boy gets a CSO chamber program devoted to his work...Backstage at the Opera as Reality Show
Jan 26, 2010
Idea for "Lone Star Opera," based on the Fort Worth Opera, wins non-fiction contest at NATPE convention...Pierre Boulez Minces No Words
Jan 26, 2010
Transparency and precision, he says, are the basics of conducting. "Otherwise you have a kind of mashed potatoes."...Traditional Chinese Artists Denied Visas --
in Hong KongJan 26, 2010
Shen Yun Performing Arts forced to cancel tour 3 days before scheduled departure; politics suspected...Students to Cover Spoleto for Local Media
Jan 26, 2010
Annual festival as learning clinic for students, free coverage for the Post and Courier...Judge Cuts "Monstrous" Fine in Piracy Case
Jan 26, 2010
Calls jury's decision for individual to pay $2 million to record labels "monstrous and shocking"...Earl Wild Dies
Jan 25, 2010
Legendary master of the Romantics dead at 94...Terra Firma Lawsuit vs. Citigroup May Move
Jan 25, 2010
Former claims latter "tricked" it into buying EMI at the height of the credit bubble...Orchestras' Woes as Media Fodder
Jan 25, 2010
Bad news makes for good stories...Tough Questions for the Philly Orchestra
Jan 25, 2010
Board chair doesn't rule out the possibility of the "B" word...Opera as Moon Caper
Jan 22, 2010
by Patrick J. Smith
Gotham Chamber Opera’s "Il Mondo della luna" is a three-ring frolic – in a planetarium, no less...James Gaffigan Tapped for Netherlands
Jan 22, 2010
by Nicholas Beard
Former San Francisco Symphony associate conductor gets his first overseas post...Alberto Vilar Begs for Mercy
Jan 22, 2010
Tells judge he's too ill to go to jail...A Sound System for Pregnant Mothers
Jan 22, 2010
Designed for the "unique acoustic environment" of the womb...Arthur Mitchell Named Hononary Chair
Jan 22, 2010
Founding artistic director of Dance Theater of Harlem gets new ballet post...New Study: The Arts Will Hit Bottom in 2011
Jan 21, 2010
by Brett Zongker
Americans for the Arts issues the first "National Arts Index"; too many arts groups, too little demand...He Turns to Boccanegra as He Turns 69
Jan 21, 2010
by George Loomis
Domingo's latest incarnation deemed a wise idea, perhaps even a(nother) new beginning...Aaron Copland Fund Names New President
Jan 21, 2010
by Susan Elliott
John Harbison to retire after 13 years in the job...The Ladies Won't Go Topless
Jan 21, 2010
Scottish Opera cross-promotion with The Scottish Sun hits a snag...Theft from Von Stade's Home Uncovered
Jan 21, 2010
Heirloom items stolen from her house in October turn up for auction in Northern California...George Manahan Is ACO Music Director
Jan 20, 2010
by Brian Wise
Set to assume the post in 2010-11...George Jellinek Dies
Jan 20, 2010
by Susan Elliott
Longtime host, creator of "The Vocal Scene"...'Pop Star to Opera Star' Called Sickening
Jan 20, 2010
B and C pop singers attempt transposed and edited arias with microphones -- this is opera?...San Francisco Opera Announces 2010-11
Jan 20, 2010
Domingo reprises Cyrano in his first SFO staged opera since 1994...Cleveland Orchestra Announces Agreement
Jan 20, 2010
Terms of settlement disclosed...Paris Opera Conductor Walks Out
Jan 19, 2010
by Frank Cadenhead
Suddenly "Idomeneo" has a new conductor...Cleveland Orchestra Strike Is Over
Jan 19, 2010
Indiana University residency "postponed," Miami residency moves ahead as scheduled...For Sale: Beethoven's Skull
Jan 19, 2010
Willing to part with $100,000? Read on....Hampson Sings "The Wound-Dresser"
Jan 19, 2010
by George Loomis
One of John Adams' most affecting works gets a reading from the New York Philharmonic...Pavarotti's Widow Tells of Dark Moments
Jan 19, 2010
Young Alice was kept at his bedside while he was dying...Komische Oper Music Director to Exit
Jan 18, 2010
As the intendant plans his departure, the music director will follow him out the door...'The Golden Gate' as Opera
Jan 18, 2010
by Patrick J. Smith
Workshop production of Conrad Cummings' piece at American Opera Projects...Bloomberg Interviews Placido
Jan 18, 2010
Opera's supreme multi-tasker gets six hours of sleep a night and has eight grandchildren...Met HD 'Carmen' Sets Record
Jan 18, 2010
Watch out "Avatar," "Carmen" sold an estimated 240,000 tix on its "opening weekend"...Cleveland Orchestra Musicians on Strike
Jan 18, 2010
Both sides equally resolved to stand firm...Cleveland Orchestra Strike Looks Likely
Jan 15, 2010
Players speak from the stage at last night's Severance Hall concert...Not Quite a Masterpiece
Jan 15, 2010
by George Loomis
A tenor who sang Stiffelio returns to the Met to conduct...Long Beach Symphony May Cancel Season
Jan 15, 2010
Management threatens no 2010-11 if the musicians don't make concessions...UK Youth Orchestra Facing Bankruptcy
Jan 15, 2010
Jazz group, ongoing for nearly half-a-century, troubled financially...Antitrust Suit Against Labels Resurrected
Jan 14, 2010
by Larry Neumeister
Sufficient evidence gathered to potentially convict major labels of price-fixing on the Internet...Deutsche Oper Names New Intendant
Jan 14, 2010
Basel Theater opera director to succeed Kirsten Harms in 2012...Teenage Conductor Gloats in the Media
Jan 14, 2010
Seattle Symphony's newbie says British are "bitter about young musicians"...The High Modernists Prevail
Jan 14, 2010
by Jordan Brown
Levine and the MET Chamber Ensemble tackle Babbitt, Carter and Strauss...Obama Musical Set to Open in Germany
Jan 14, 2010
by Kirsten Grieshaber
"Hope -- the Obama Musical Story" focuses on the 2008 campaign and its players, including McCain and Palin...Bronx Opera Brings “Die drei Pintos” to NY
Jan 13, 2010
by George Loomis
Weber’s unfinished opera, topped off with skill by a young composer named Gustav Mahler...Private Arts Funding Slips in the UK
Jan 13, 2010
After gathering momentum in recent years, non-government funding takes a hit...Boston Symphony Chairman Dies
Jan 13, 2010
Real estate mogul, philanthropist dead at 68...'Spider-Man' Musical to Be Rescheduled
Jan 13, 2010
Producers will refund tickets; previews probably won't begin until fall 2010...DC Opera Announces Shortened Season
Jan 13, 2010
Scaled back from six to five operas, with Domingo both onstage and in the pit...George Benjamin Returns to San Francisco
Jan 12, 2010
by Georgia Rowe
Orchestra kicks off "Project San Francisco" with the composer/conductor front and center...Otmar Suitner Dies
Jan 12, 2010
Music Director of the Berlin Staatsoper up until 1990...Labor Flap at La Scala
Jan 12, 2010
Protest over wages inspires "Carmen" choristers to show up on stage in street clothes...Seattle Symphony Taps Prodigy
Jan 12, 2010
Names 17-year-old UK musician "assistant to the guest conductors"...Andrew Lloyd Webber 'Fighting Fit'
Jan 12, 2010
Says cancer battle is over and all's well...Chicago Gets the Jump on Boulez’s Bday
Jan 11, 2010
by Wynne Delacoma
Orchestra’s conductor emeritus begins a week-long residency...Cleveland Musicians Respond to Mgmt's Claims
Jan 11, 2010
Launch their own blog, countering management's side of the story with their own...Another New 'Tosca' Production Booed
Jan 11, 2010
Opera Australia's audiences find Christopher Alden's version lacking, compared to its predecessor...Union Flap Over 'Come Fly Away'
Jan 11, 2010
AGMA files an unfair labor practices suit against Broadway producers...New York Phil Carrying Biggest Deficit Ever
Jan 11, 2010
All parties are created equal in the ongoing global meltdown...Paavo Järvi to Leave Cincinnati Symphony
Jan 8, 2010
As he prepares to take on his fourth music directorship next season, something has to give...Soprano Quits Over Zeffirelli's Comments
Jan 8, 2010
Calls her fat and too old to play the part of Violetta...Runnicles Re-ups in Atlanta as Guest Cond.
Jan 8, 2010
Will continue to conduct four weeks a season through 2011-12...NYC Opera Gives up Fall Dates to Ballet
Jan 8, 2010
Still bailing red ink, it gives up four weeks in Koch Theater to its co-tenant...Seiji Ozawa Diagnosed with Cancer
Jan 7, 2010
Set to undergo surgery presently...Three University Presenters Get $1.9 M
Jan 7, 2010
by Nicholas Beard
Mellon Foundation gives the nod to Cal Performances, Krannert Center and Michigan’s UMS...Kirill Gerstein Named 2010 Gilmore Artist
Jan 7, 2010
by Susan Elliott
Russian born pianist already well along in his career...El Sistema USA Fellow Gets Top Post
Jan 7, 2010
by Susan Elliott
Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) names him manager as it receives special award for "enterprise"...'American Idiot' Headed to Broadway
Jan 7, 2010
"Spring Awakening" producers bring another rock musical to the limelight...Leonard Slatkin Is Back in Action
Jan 6, 2010
by Tim Smith
First appearance since his heart attack set for tomorrow in D.C....LA Phil 'Principal Flute' Returns to Chicago
Jan 6, 2010
by Andrew Patner
Mathieu Dufour returns to the CSO; exits LA Phil prior to one-year contract's end...Ontario Arts Groups to Lose Tax Exemption
Jan 6, 2010
The pass-along is an increase in ticket prices and/or a substantial loss in revenue...British Youth Orchestras Festival Canceled
Jan 6, 2010
Annual event, involving some 2,000 young musicians, lacks requisite funding...A New Heldentenor for a New Decade
Jan 5, 2010
by Shirley Apthorp
Paul McNamara: MusicalAmerica.com’s New Artist of the Month...Cleveland Orchestra Players Stand Firm
Jan 5, 2010
Terminate contract extension from 2006, won't accept terms of new agreement...Discovering Martinu Opera in Prague
Jan 5, 2010
by Larry L. Lash
National Theater offers “The Miracles of Mary”...Hot New Trend Hits London: Pub Opera
Jan 5, 2010
A stepping stone for rising artists, an accessible entertainment for barflies...New Brit TV Show: 'Pop Star to Opera Star'
Jan 5, 2010
Classical "stars," including Villazón, to mentor their pop counterparts in the art of the aria...Met’s New “Carmen” Triumphs
Jan 4, 2010
by George Loomis
The keen insights of Richard Eyre’s staging are heightened by a superb cast, headed by Elina Garanca...Seattle Symph May Be Headed for a Strike
Jan 4, 2010
Contract expired Dec. 31; two sides very far apart...Puccini's Villa Endangered by Storm Waters
Jan 4, 2010
Lake that once served as inspiration threatens to flood his home/museum...Spoleto Fest to Reopen Historic Theater
Jan 4, 2010
Vintage 18th-century ballad opera in historic Dockstreet Theater highlights 2010 festival...New Cure for Tinnitus?
Dec 31, 2009
German researchers make surprising discovery...'Finian's Rainbow' Set to Close
Dec 31, 2009
Newest entry on Broadway's annual list of January casualties...Washington Times Cuts Newsroom by 170
Dec 31, 2009
Ultraconservative newspaper will continue, but without an editor, managing editor or digital editor...Cast Changes at the Met Opera
Dec 31, 2009
The real and the rumored...UK to Create New Jobs in the Arts
Dec 30, 2009
Government allocates £1.3 million to create 200 new positions...Decade Wrap-up: Los Angeles
Dec 30, 2009
The Philharmonic gets credit for moving the field -- and the genre -- forward...Decade Wrap-up: Chicago
Dec 30, 2009
The economics are not in great shape, but the artform is thriving...Matt Turney, Graham Dancer, Dies
Dec 30, 2009
Principal dancer across a two-decade span...Rising Star in the Met Opera Pit
Dec 29, 2009
Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his house debut with "Carmen" and is already signed for future seasons...Decade Wrap-up: San Francisco
Dec 29, 2009
New faces in the symphony and at the opera; John Adams as cultural icon...Muti to Make Asian Orchestra Debut
Dec 29, 2009
Set to conduct the Shanghai Symphony on New Year's Eve..."Ragtime" Revival to Close After 57 Shows
Dec 29, 2009
by Michael Kuchwara
Where casting counts: The original, with Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, ran for 800...Russian Composer Isaac Schwartz Dies
Dec 29, 2009
Wrote scores for over 100 films, 35 shows...Mariedi Anders Dies
Dec 28, 2009
Legendary artist manager dies, one month shy of her 95th birthday...Is the Boston Symphony "Behind the Curve"?
Dec 28, 2009
Never mind James Levine's health; the real issue is the health of the BSO artistic vision...Giving Dance in Opera Its Proper Due
Dec 28, 2009
The Met has commissioned three of the world's most important choreographers in the last few years...Remember the Nickelodeon?
Dec 28, 2009
by Kara Phelps
1920s dance-hall mainstays come to life in one man's home workshop...Opera di Roma Names Artistic Director
Dec 24, 2009
by Carlo Vitali
After an eight-month search, Rome Opera gets his house in order...Philly Orchestra's Next Music Director?
Dec 24, 2009
The search continues, with no strong candidates emerging. So what's the problem?...'Flahooley': Strangest Musical of the Century
Dec 24, 2009
by Michael Kuchwara
Serious musical-theater archeologists can't afford to miss this off-Bway revival...In Scotland, Every Student Learns to Play
Dec 24, 2009
Evelyn Glennie acts as spokesperson to preserve music-in-schools program...Cinci Conservatory Faculty Revolts
Dec 23, 2009
Professors declare their utter lack of confidence in the school's dean, in the job for just over a year...Boys Choir of Harlem Is No More
Dec 23, 2009
America's own version of "El Sistema" died two years ago. Who knew?...Goebbels Raises More BIG Questions
Dec 23, 2009
by Brian Wise
"Stifters Dinge" makes its U.S. debut in the Park Avenue Armory...Charlotte Symphony Lives On
Dec 23, 2009
After a nail-biting fall, orchestra finally raises sufficient funds to keep on keeping on...Perry Lorenzo, Opera Lecturer, Dies
Dec 22, 2009
Widely admired Seattle Opera education director...NY Phil Nods to New Music -- Elsewhere
Dec 22, 2009
by George Loomis
First of the season's two “Contact!” programs, at Symphony Space, proves mildly interesting...Scots Culture Minister Says Arts Are Key
Dec 22, 2009
New to the post, she too wants to demonstrate how "Art Works"...White Hurts the Great White Way
Dec 22, 2009
Snowstorm results in a dip in sales -- save for "Night Music"...Symphony Won't Fake It for the TV Cameras
Dec 21, 2009
Vancouver Symphony declines to mime 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremonies performance, as others have...Disaster at the Vienna Staatsoper
Dec 21, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
The booing at the new "Macbeth" began five minutes in and exploded at the end...Chamber Music Soc. Announces Stoeger Prize
Dec 21, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Biannual award is chamber music’s biggest for composition...Honolulu Symphony Files for Bankruptcy
Dec 21, 2009
Its musicians are among its biggest creditors...About Those Declining Arts Audiences....
Dec 21, 2009
Attendance at sporting events and movie theaters has slipped even more...Northern Sinfonia Taps Mario Venzago
Dec 18, 2009
by Anthony Charles
Former Indianapolis Symphony music director...Boston U Opera Chief's "Embellished" Bio
Dec 18, 2009
Sharon Daniels blames editorial tweaking for misrepresentation of her achievements...Another One to Watch: Andris Nelsons
Dec 18, 2009
As he approaches his Covent Garden debut, Latvian conductor is rising with the speed of light...New Jersey Performing Arts Chair Exits
Dec 18, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
After ten years in the post, is succeeded by Blue Cross Blue Shield exec...Nashville Symph Concertmaster Moves On
Dec 18, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
Says she wants to spend more time with family...A Toothless “Threepenny Opera” in Prague
Dec 17, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
A synthesizer in the pit indicated trouble ahead...Seattle Symphony CEO to Exit
Dec 17, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Says he will not renew his contract; musicians’ contract expires presently...Classical Radio: The News Is Not Good
Dec 17, 2009
New ratings system indicates there are even fewer listeners than previously believed...Elina Garanca Catches Another Gold Ring
Dec 17, 2009
Latvian mezzo named Singer of the Year by record biz's MIDEM trade fair...NEA Study Shows Arts Audience in Decline
Dec 17, 2009
by Hillel Italie
Rise in Internet use plus cuts in arts classes yields a populace increasingly less interested in the fine arts...House Honors Landmark Miles Davis Record
Dec 16, 2009
50th anniversary of "Kind of Blue" recognized as a milestone in American music...Les Violons du Roy: What’s in a Name?
Dec 16, 2009
by George Loomis
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on modern instruments launches the holiday season...Lincoln Center Sets Up Discount Tix Booth
Dec 16, 2009
Day-of-performance tix to sell for 25% to 50% off...Utah Symphony Gets $1 Million Grant
Dec 16, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
Foundation that grew from bank portfolio casts ballot of support...Roundabout Theater Struggling
Dec 16, 2009
Country's largest non-profit theater may be about to loose its biggest sponsor, American Airlines...Musical America Annual Awardees Impress
Dec 15, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Riccardo Muti, Warren Jones, Elina Garanca, Joshua Bell, Louis Andriessen accept their awards with grace and eloquence...Yo-Yo Ma Named CSO Creative Consultant
Dec 15, 2009
by F. N. D'Alessio
Music Director Designate Riccardo Muti taps Ma for new post...Fauré’s Attempt at Opera
Dec 15, 2009
by Patrick J. Smith
Manhattan School of Music mounts the rarely performed “Penelope”...Carmel Bach Fest Names Music Director
Dec 15, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
Will succeed Bruno Weil, who plans to retire...Atlanta Symphony Names Concertmaster
Dec 15, 2009
by Susan Elliott
25-year-old Norwegian says he looks forward to "heightening the musicianship" of the orchestra...Terra Firma Sues Bank Over EMI Purchase
Dec 14, 2009
Claims Citigroup artificially inflated the price of the beleaguered music company...Some Pleasant Surprises in Met “Elektra”
Dec 14, 2009
by George Loomis
Substitution for scheduled “Die Frau” opens with a strong cast...'A Little Night Music,” A Lot of Missing Pieces
Dec 13, 2009
by Susan Elliott
If you can tolerate the sawed-off musical corners, there is much else to admire...Young Conductors Taking Over the U.K.
Dec 14, 2009
Out of 19 professional orchestras, nine have music directors 37 or younger...Atlanta Opera Takes a Pre-emptive Slice
Dec 14, 2009
Company will cut number of productions from four to three next season...$85 Million Music Fund for Cincinnati
Dec 11, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Assures $3 million annually to the symphony, as well as future CSO collaboration with opera and ballet cos....Classical Music Didn't Die After All
Dec 11, 2009
A look at some major U.K. highlights in the first decade of the new millennium...Detroit Symphony Facing $3.7M Deficit
Dec 11, 2009
Concessions from musicians may be the key to survival...A New Director for 'Prima Donna'?
Dec 11, 2009
Staging co-commissioned by Luminato Festival, already premiered in Manchester, will use a new director...Berlin Phil Nixes Salzburg Fest Invite
Dec 10, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Plan to bring Easter Festival operas to summer festival dropped...Braving the Elements for a Henze Symphony
Dec 10, 2009
by Wynne Delacoma
Chicago Civic Orchestra's young players brim with “juvenile spirit and verve” in local premiere of No. 8...Baltimore's Education Program Gets $1M
Dec 10, 2009
Symphony's year-old "OrchKids" program for inner-city schools draws high praise...Royal Opera to Establish Northern Outlet
Dec 10, 2009
Plans for presence in Manchester move ahead...Minnesota Orchestra Balances Budget
Dec 10, 2009
Closes in on $40 million fund-raising goal for hall renovation...LA Opera Gets $14M Emergency Loan
Dec 9, 2009
The $32M Achim Freyer "Ring" proves more than a bit of a stretch...Costa Pilavachi to Van Walsum Mgmt.
Dec 9, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Onetime classical recording-biz honcho named executive vice chairman; firm's founders step down...West Coast, Left Coast = Wheat and Chaff
Dec 9, 2009
by David Mermelstein
John Adams presides over a week of curios...St. Paul Chamber Names Artistic Admin
Dec 9, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
Los Angeles Philharmonic staffer heads north...La Scala: The (Italian) Reviews Are In
Dec 9, 2009
by Colleen Barry
High praise all 'round, especially for the women...At the Wien Modern Festival: ‘Snap Out of It!’
Dec 8, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
Nothing like a healthy dose of new music to interrupt the classical snooze...WS Journal Profiles Nathan Gunn's Pecs
Dec 8, 2009
In which Rupert Murdoch makes good on his plan to "beef up" the Journal's arts coverage...Arditti Quartet Rises to the Occasion
Dec 8, 2009
by Christian Carey
Last-minute program change lends concert an atmosphere of bracing spontaneity...Opening Night at La Scala: A Star Is Born
Dec 8, 2009
by Colleen Barry
Auditioning for Mercédès, Georgian mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili found herself cast in the role of Carmen...Apple Buys Lala.com
Dec 8, 2009
Silicon Valley startup that enables users to stream songs on their iPhones for 10 cents each...Puzzling Choices Mar Met's New “Hoffmann”
Dec 7, 2009
by Peter G. Davis
Why this edition of the score? Why the bleak staging?...The Arts Critic in the 21st Century
Dec 7, 2009
Know your stuff. Write well and fast. Blog. Twitter. Facebook. Upload on YouTube. Phew!...Chicago Lyric’s Wary “Widow”
Dec 7, 2009
by Wynne Delacoma
She’s hard and invulnerable; how can there be love?...The Ever-shrinking Broadway Orchestra
Dec 7, 2009
Producers continue to short-change and reduce orchestral scores...Cleveland Orchestra Names Principal Cello
Dec 7, 2009
Its third under Welser-Möst...Strike Averted at Chicago Lyric Opera
Dec 4, 2009
Players and management come to an agreement after day-into-night negotiations...Salzburg Announces Villazón Recital--
Will He or Won’t He?Dec 4, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
Only his larynx knows for sure...Barbican Announces "Internat'l Associates"
Dec 4, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Five orchestras, including New York Phil, Los Angeles Phil and Concertgebouw to be "in residence" in coming seasons...Levine Is Back on the Podium
Dec 4, 2009
After two months, he has recovered from herniated-disk surgery...Holiday E-cards Support the Arts
Dec 4, 2009
by Nicholas Beard
Fidelity Investments purchases musical instruments for schools via free e-cards...Caroline Goulding: New Artist of the Month
Dec 3, 2009
by Donald Rosenberg
A sound that belies her years, just affirmed by a Grammy nomination...Chicago Lyric Orchestra Threatens Strike
Dec 3, 2009
"They’re using the current economic downturn as an excuse for gutting our contract.”...Grammy Nominations Announced
Dec 3, 2009
A complete listing of the classical entries...Ex-Pilobolus Dancer Starts New Company
Dec 3, 2009
He knows the timing could be better. "But when the passion is there, you just can't fight it."...Sir Colin Davis Recognized by the Queen
Dec 3, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Approved to receive Her Majesty's Medal for Music...National Arts Center Commissions Works
Dec 2, 2009
Orchestra awards three Canadian composers $75,000 each for new pieces...Documents Prove London Mayor's Cronyism
Dec 2, 2009
Encouraged his friend and media ally to apply for arts council post before it was advertised, then approved the appointment...New Mexico Symphony Season Begins
Dec 2, 2009
by Susan Elliott
Musicians agree to major pay cuts after five months of negotiation..."Bye Bye Birdie" to Close End of January
Dec 2, 2009
Revival that received universally bad reviews extends two weeks, then shutters...Major Shifts at Washington National Opera
Dec 1, 2009
Positions eliminated, productions cut for 2010-11...Peter Eötvös’ 'Le Balcon' Revisited
Dec 1, 2009
by Stephen Mudge
New production in Bordeaux gives 2002 opera another chance for exploration...A (Mostly) Heavenly Night at the Ballet
Dec 1, 2009
by Rachel Straus
New York City Ballet’s season gets underway with a starry gala...More Slatkin Replacements Announced
Dec 1, 2009
This week's Los Angeles Philharmonic West Coast, Left Coast concerts covered by two conductors..."How British Opera Reinvented Itself"
Dec 1, 2009
Getting up to speed on three major UK companies...
