The Negaunee Foundation will bestow $20 million on the Lyric Opera of Chicago, half of it to endow education, half of it to guarantee a Mozart opera will be staged every season, including the Da Ponte trilogy. Funds will cover the costs of both … » Read

The orchestral world in North America is undergoing a sea change that seems certain to usher in consequential transformations of purpose and cultural expectations. There are more than 2,000 orchestras throughout North America, a considerable … » Read

The Black Orchestral Network (BON) released the third in a series of biennial “Dear American Orchestras” letters on May 19, calling on American orchestras and funders to fundamentally restructure fellowship programs for early-career … » Read

The prospect of an agreement with the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia that would provide the Metropolitan Opera with as much as $200 million for performing at the new opera house in Riyadh “was not a difficult decision,” Met General Manager … » Read

After more than a decade of international research led by academics at the University of Sydney, Mima’amakim ( Out of the Depths ) has been translated and published in English for the first time. This rare collection of songs by Jewish … » Read

Pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane seems not quite ready to give up on San Antonio. In 2024 he signed a three-year contract with the upstart San Antonio Philharmonic , successor to the San Antonio Symphony, which went out of business in 2022 … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra’s new music center, projected to cost more than $400 million and having already attracted more than $60 million of support , has received an additional $11.7 million from an anonymous donor. The pending completion of … » Read

In less than six months after its departure from The Kennedy Center, the Washington National Opera has fashioned an adventurous 2026-27 season that General Director Timothy O’Leary characterizes as one of “new creative freedom, new … » Read

The new Lincoln Center West Initiative will include a 2,000-seat amphitheater, christened The Baron Theater, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Gardens, each named for donors of $75 million. The first phase of a capital campaign raised … » Read

Racked by unrelenting pain, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo wrote in her diary shortly before she died: “I joyfully await the exit — and hope never to return.” Yet return she does — if only briefly — on the Day of the … » Read