After more than two decades, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) is trying to sever its relationship with Bardavon, the downtown Poughkeepsie opera house. When the orchestra, which is fully professional, encountered financial difficulties in the … » Read

In 2024 the Bayreuth Festival plans to reduce the size of its choir by 40 percent—from 134 to 80 members. The reason, according to the German Music Council, is the need “to make extensive savings in order to compensate for increased … » Read

It is an article of faith in the theater world that comedy is harder to effect that drama. Witness the attention to detail undergirding the Boston Early Music Festival’s (BEMF) production of John Frederick Lampe’s 1737 burlesque opera … » Read

By an overwhelming vote of 91 to 8, the artistic workers at Opera Colorado approved the creation of a collective bargaining unit under the auspices of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). The vote in Denver is the first in several … » Read

A census of nearly 6,000 U.K. musicians by Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union has found that three in ten professional musicians in the nation experience some degree of poor mental wellbeing. Those most impacted are students about to … » Read

The Sphinx Organization’s annual confab, “SphinxConnect,” is to be held January 25-27 in the Detroit Marriott Rennaissance Center. This year’s model, "Amplify 2024,"  boasts over 30 sessions by three times as many … » Read

Recently released operating results for fiscal year 2022-23 as well as season highlights paint a rosy picture for the Cleveland Orchestra. For the fifth full operating year the budget balanced, with total revenues and expenses of $61.3 million … » Read

Oxford Brookes University has announced that it is closing its Music Department, in existence since 1979, despite the fact that a new performance is scheduled to open within the next year.  Students who began matriculating two months ago … » Read

The Syracuse Opera has cancelled the remainder of its 2023-24 season. “Like many opera companies across the country,” board chair Camille Tisdel told members on Nov. 17, “ticket sales have been considerably lower than projected … » Read

Partnerships of symphony orchestras with pop and rock musicians are hardly new—Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra produced a best-selling album in 1972. And S&M , the recording of the 1999 collaboration between Metallica … » Read