Some businesses continue to weaponize classical music, using it to deter loiterers and in at least one case, antagonizing the neighborhood in the process. A resident of a San Francisco apartment building adjacent to a Safeway supermarket reports … » Read

From August 26 to September 4, the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will offer ten free screenings, with 2,500 seats available each evening on the plaza, and no tickets required. There are no rain dates. The annual festival previews … » Read

Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) has hired Kevin Giglinto, current senior VP for marketing and strategy at the Kennedy Center, to be its president and CEO, effective in late July. He succeeds  Kendra Whitlock Ingram, in … » Read

A dinner party in Berlin seven years ago led to the design and construction of an unusual piano currently housed at the Kimmel Center. Hosted by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, his tablemates included a second keyboard artist, Martha … » Read

The arc of Paul Montalvo’s career, from San Antonio firefighter in the late 1990s to Classical Music Institute’s (CMI) president and CEO today, is hardly a usual one. But his unwavering commitment over the past 15 years to the … » Read

In a potential act of cultural cannibalism, Florence’s Maggio Musicale is contemplating the sale of its archive for €8.5m by July to help address a €50m debt that has accumulated over the past 15 years. Housed in the theater, the … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The French general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala is facing the threat of a tenure cut short, even as he unveiled a star-studded 2023-24 season and announced record sponsor revenues on Monday. A government … » Read

After a two-year, £3 million renovation project, labeled the “Hallelujah Project,” the former home of composer George Frideric Handel has reopened to the public. While living at 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, from 1723 until his … » Read

As reported here on May 10 , the cyberattack that crashed the Met Opera’s network and disabled the box office for nine days in December went undiscovered for some two months by Met staff. As a result, the personal data of some 45,000 … » Read

The road back from the pandemic has been a challenging one for American orchestras. The New York Times reported this week that while attendance has begun to rebound, it still is no higher than 70 percent of capacity. The Detroit Symphony has been … » Read