A first negotiating session since the lockout on Friday between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra management and the players did not go well. Players Committee Co-chair Brian Prechtl described it as having made “backwards progress.” … » Read

The financially challenged New York City Opera will have another reduced schedule for its 2019-20 season: just two staged productions plus several concerts for a total of only nine or 10 performances. General Director Michael Capasso’s plan … » Read

In a statement, Universal Music Group [UMG] has described The New York Times expose of the disastrous fire, alleged to have destroyed 500,000 recording masters, as filled with "numerous inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions and … » Read

Concord Music Publishing has expanded its already considerable roster of music recording and publishing companies with the purchase of Sikorski Music Publishing Group. The Hamburg-based, family-run business is best known for holding the rights to … » Read

Some marriages seem made in heaven. Such is the case with the Seattle Opera and KING FM 98.1, which will be housed together in the opera's Seattle Center campus beginning in early 2020. Completed in December 2018, the Opera Center plan includes … » Read

Will foreign artists ever be able to perform in the U.S. again? Lately, it seems as if the U.S. Department of State is determined to discourage any performer or ensemble from applying for a visa to perform in the U.S., unless he or she has won a … » Read

A Portrait in Four Movements , a new collection of reviews of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performances by Andrew Patner, serves to remind us that a critic’s role can involve building up, not tearing down. Before his untimely death in … » Read

The Wiener Staatsoper is inviting singers born after January 1, 1990 who have “completed their vocal studies” to apply for its new Young Artists Program, set to launch in the fall of 2020. Deadline is next September 30 ( … » Read

Scenes of outrage erupted at the launch of the new season at Turin's Teatro Regio on Monday, with Mayor Chiara Appendino and Superintendent William Graziosi [pictured] booed and whistled at by a significant proportion of those present. It was "a … » Read

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) are partnering to create a specialist music school, the first such partnership for an orchestra in Britain. “I can’t think of a better way to … » Read