The Metropolitan Opera has managed to renew its $30 million credit line with the Bank of America Corp. by putting up two (more) of its art pieces as collateral. Both are sculptures by the late French artist Aristide Maillol on display in the … »Read

In an  interview with Guardian arts correspondent Mark Brown, Simon Rattle denies that a new concert hall was a condition for accepting the job of music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post he assumes in September 2017 … »Read

Highlights of the San Francisco Symphony’s 2014-15 season will include performances of all four of Schumann’s completed symphonies -- Nos.1, Spring ; 2; 3, Rhenish , and 4 – counterbalanced by the west coast premiere of Ted … »Read

The audience member who has to be the first one to clap as the performance ends in a pianissimo--often when the conductor hasn’t even put his arms down—is the one we love to hate. Talk about shattering a precious moment. On one … »Read

On Friday March 6, New York City’s last remaining classical sheet music store, the Frank Music Company, will close. In its glory days, this was a place where musicians bought their scores and traded hellos. “We went from seeing 15 to … »Read

The Kennedy Center has announced its 2015-16 season in one huge package including theater, ballet, chamber music, opera, and orchestra. It’s an impressive lineup of some 2,000 events, some of which bear the touch of the Center’s new … »Read