Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra have long been ahead of the technology curve, creating the Orchestra App with Touch Press as far back as 2012. Their latest feat is total orchestral immersion via virtual reality technology, … » Read

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra strike drones on, with management cancelling all concerts through November 6. Among those that were cancelled this week was a David Bowie tribute concert, scheduled for Sept. 24. So the musicians presented their … » Read

Macfadden Communications Group has sold DanceMedia, publisher of Dance Magazine and four other related publications, to Frederic M. Seegal, vice chairman of investment banking advisory group Peter J. Solomon and Co. Seegal’s business … » Read

To the editor: In  Opera 2016-17: Round-up of Crits’ Picks ( Sept. 21), opera blogger Micaela Baranello writes that she wants to see Karita Mattila as the Kostelnicka in Janácek’s Jenufa at the Met because, … » Read

For the first time, The Metropolitan Opera is opening its doors to the public for free, weekdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., as of October 4. Visitors can wander through the main and downstairs lobbies, climb the “grand staircase,” … » Read

Responding to concerns expressed by Pennsylvania’s Asian Pacific American community, the Opera Company of Philadelphia has made some cosmetic alterations to its upcoming production of Turandot , which opens the season on Friday with … » Read