NEW YORK (AP)—The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost the company’s finances. … » Read

This summer Los Angeles-based KUSC and the Bay Area's KDFC, both owned by the University of Southern California, will combine their programming and on-air staffs under the brand name Classical California. The announcers for both stations will be … » Read

When Samuel Barber’s Vanessa opened at the Metropolitan Opera in January 1958, it was the first time in more than two decades that the company had premiered an American opera. There were 17 curtain calls, and the New York Times critic … » Read

Teatro Nuovo’s 2025 Bel Canto Festival will feature two performances each of the original 1847 version of Verdi's Macbeth (July 19, 23) and Bellini's La Sonnambula (July 20, 24). The company's renowned period-instrument orchestra will … » Read

Could Donald Trump pose an existential threat to the survival of the Kennedy Center? “Yes, he can destroy the center and relatively quickly,” a number of arts leaders told Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post . Speaking anonymously … » Read

The Lancaster Festival, an outdoor ten-day extravaganza of mostly free concerts in Lancaster, OH, has named John Devlin, music director of the Wheeling (WVa) Symphony, to succeed Gary Sheldon as music director. The Festival presented its first … » Read

The Ravinia Festival has launched a major, multiyear renovation of its 36-acre Highland Park site and venues. Major gifts of $10 million from the Hunter Family Foundation and $21 million from The Negaunee Foundation have fueled a $75 million … » Read

In order to comply with a recent executive order from President Trump, PBS has closed its diversity, equity and inclusion office. “The staff members who served in that office are leaving PBS,” a spokesman for the broadcaster announced … » Read

The Trump administration’s blitzkrieg assaults on the Kennedy Center and on DEI policies have captured the public imagination. But as Philip Kennicott explains in the Washington Post , these brash moves may represent only the opening salvos … » Read

In response to the Trump administration’s ruling all DEI initiatives out of bounds, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced it is ending the Challenge America program for fiscal year 2026. The grants, capped at $10,000, were … » Read