Five years ago Colston Hall, a concert venue in the center of Bristol that dated from 1867, was in desperate condition. “We had a building that was about to fall down," Louis Mitchell, chief executive of the Bristol Music Trust, tells the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s season premiere of Wagner’s Tannhäuser was disrupted last night (Nov 30) when a number of environmental protesters (identified as Extinction Rebellion NYC) began yelling remarks from the upper regions of … » Read

Following several months of sometimes fractious negotiations , the New York City Ballet and its 63-member orchestra have reached a three-year agreement. Subject to approval by members of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, the new … » Read

Opus 3 Artists, purchased by the San Francisco of Music (SFCM) three years ago, will widen its roster of vocal artists by incorporating the 40 singers and two conductors on the roster of Magnum Opus Artists (MOA), a New Jersey-based firm … » Read

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