SAN FRANCISCO—In its inspired concept and eerily enchanting realization, Opera Parallèle’s La Belle et la Bête is a triumph of the first order and certainly one of the signal achievements of this resourceful small … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In a strongly worded decision last week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration … » Read

Donald Trump seems intent on leaving his mark on the nation’s capital city with a series of outsized, ornate structures that few have asked for, much less approved. The 47 th president, writes Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post , … » Read

A new study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy— Philanthropy Outlook: Estimating Effects on Charitable Giving from the One Big Beautiful Bill —offers an analysis of how specific tax policy changes in the … » Read

In 2019, the New York Philharmonic presented the premiere of David Lang’s opera prisoner of the state , a Fidelio adaptation that used Beethoven’s scenario to comment on the persistence of political oppression into our own time. The … » Read

Before a jury of mostly Met Opera artistic administrators, 10 Laffont Competition finalists performed yesterday afternoon with six winnowed out as winners, not a tenor or mezzo-soprano among them.  Each receives $20,000 and a major leg-up on … » Read

Tamara McCaw, who has been interim president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music since last June, has been selected from among 60 applicants to assume the position permanently. She will be the organization’s third president in the last decade, … » Read

Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, has named Donald Nally visiting professor of conducting & ensembles and interim director of choral activities for the 2026-2027 academic year. He will direct the Eastman Chorale and … » Read

In preparation for its 80 th anniversary in 2027 and the opening of its new education center the following year, the Music Academy of the West (MAW) has elevated two faculty members to oversee strategy and day-to-day artistic operations. In the … » Read

LONDON—Like his stagings of Das Rheingold and Die Walküre , Barrie Kosky's new Royal Ballet and Opera Siegfried is rooted in the natural world. But this third instalment—seen at its March 17 premiere—was different. A … » Read