Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the official opening of the 105th Salzburg Festival on Saturday. Banners were unfurled saying “Stop the Genocide,” “Your Silence Will Haunt You,” “Free Gaza Now,” and … » Read

Not content with their  recent move to name the Kennedy Center’s opera theatre after first lady Melania Trump, now a Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to … » Read

The fallout continues from Paramount’s decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . Politicians and fellow TV hosts lined up last week to criticise the suspiciously timed axing of the top-rated late-night talk show in the U.S. … » Read

The organization that ran the Philly Pops and the organization that manages the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center have settled litigation that had been launched by the former against the latter around the time that the Pops ceased … » Read

Eva-Maria Tomasi, a Salzburg-born violinist and member of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1990, has warned of a crisis facing string players if the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) changes its … » Read

Eight children from a French youth choir were taken to Massachusetts hospitals earlier this week after suffering what were described as “seizure-like” symptoms part-way through a concert at St. Paul’s Church in Harvard Square. … » Read

The Library of Congress has announced this year’s Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation commissions. Eight composers have been invited to contribute new musical works with the commissions granted jointly by the foundation and the performing … » Read

Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) has announced its 20th anniversary season with four world premieres and a plethora of regional premieres extending its global footprint. “We've been on an electrifying and unforgettable journey these past 20 … » Read

The Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper) has rescinded its invitation to José Cura to direct a production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes due to open this September. The Argentine tenor, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut in … » Read

In the latest piece of egregious political flattery, Republican lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee carried a July 22 vote to name the Kennedy Center opera theater after First Lady Melania Trump. The move was part of a wider spending … » Read