Kennedy Center officials were long aware of serious structural issues that they cited as new problems after the abrupt decision to close the performing arts venue this month, a group of former employees allege in a letter to Congress. The … » Read

That was quick. The musicians and management of the Cleveland Orchestra have come to a new three-year agreement, just on the heels of a  three-day strike declared at 12 a.m. Friday that resulted in the cancellation of a single concert the … » Read

The musicians of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra are unhappy. The season-opening run of Passion and Pride , a mixed program of three works with music by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and John Philip Sousa, was recently performed to … » Read

As threatened , musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra went on strike at midnight, a week after the September 17 opening of Franz Welser-Möst’s 25 th and final season; tomorrow night’s concert has been cancelled as a result. … » Read

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) long-standing financial concerns, recently exacerbated by the death of a major benefactor, are prompting a restructuring of the organization’s business model. "The Nashville Symphony is … » Read

The recent agreement ending a nearly week-long walkout by the orchestra of the San Francisco Opera (SFO) enabled the company’s season to get underway, albeit late. But it did little to resolve the increasingly untenable financial situation … » Read

Boston Symphony double bass player Todd Seeber, the former member and chair of BSO Players Committee, who guided them through their recent, very tough contract negotiations, has written an opinion piece in the Boston Globe. He explains that, just … » Read

Among Berlin’s three repertory opera companies—the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Komische Oper, and the Deutsche Oper—the last is often considered the most conservative. It’s “a little bit dusty… [a home … » Read

Opera Philadelphia is partnering with the New York City Center for its upcoming production of George and Ira Gershwin’s Broadway musical Let ‘Em Eat Cake . Following the show’s three-performance run at Philadelphia’s … » Read

The Met Opera has launched a whopper of a fund raiser for $1.5 billlion, and at the same time announced—courtesy of New York Mayor Zohan Mamdani—that it will distribute 70,000 free tickets across all five boroughs, a practice for … » Read