LOS ANGELES—Irish composer Gerald Barry’s wonderfully outlandish operas used to arrive at Walt Disney Concert Hall with regularity every five years, starting in 2006 with The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit , followed by The Importance … » Read

Kennedy Center’s professional dance offerings between now and July 4, when the Center will shutter, consists of The State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble “Mazowsze” of Poland on April 25. Period. The New York City Ballet had been … » Read

On Friday, March 27, the musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra issued a statement about their meeting on March 19 with orchestra CEO Chad Smith, 12 voting members of the Board of Trustees, and three non-voting Life Trustees. Virtually all … » Read

Following a tense meeting on March 26 between musicians and management of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), CEO Chad Smith acknowledged, “We have a lot of work to do to rebuild trust with the musicians.” That will be “a major … » Read

Jennifer Schuessler, a culture reporter for The New York Times , recently discussed why Donald Trump seems so focused on reshaping many of America’s cultural institutions. “The full shape of it is very hard to determine,” she … » Read

With the search for its next music director underway, it’s no coincidence that the San Francisco Symphony’s (SFS) 115 th season, running Sept. 8 through  June 27, 2027, features no fewer than 26 guest conductors, five of them new … » Read

When Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) new Opera and Community Studios (OCS) facility in the city’s Fort Point neighborhood opens, visitors can be forgiven if they are confused by the sign above the door reading … » Read

For fans of 20 th - and 21 st -century music, this year’s Ojai Music Festival is irresistible. Put together by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen with festival Artistic and Executive Ara Guzelimian, the 80 th iteration of this historic … » Read

Travelers passing through the Pittsburgh International Airport between now and April 30 can see life-size holograms of members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing. Created by Joe Zeff Design, timed to coincide with the influx of … » Read

The displeasure surrounding the announcement that the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will not renew Andris Nelsons’s contract as music director is not subsiding. At the Thursday, March 19 performance, the first since the news was … » Read