Devoted Wagnerians are renowned for traveling far and wide for the latest interpretation of the master’s iconic Ring cycle. The destination du jour is surely Australia, where the much-anticipated debut of Opera Australia's fully staged … » Read

Opera, the most-costly of the performing arts, is facing an existential crisis that is “either a problem or an opportunity,” suggests David Devan, general director and president of Opera Philadelphia, in an interview with PBS’s … » Read

The Manhattan School of Music has partnered with Con Edison to produce a dramatic drop in its energy consumption. "We're going down over 700,000 kilowatt hours per year throughout this building, which equates to about $140,000 annually," … » Read

With the start of the new academic year, Patrick Warfield has begun his tenure as director of the School of Music (SoM) in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at the University of Minnesota. With an undergraduate degree in music education from … » Read

Carnegie Hall has announced that its performing arts streaming service Carnegie Hall+ , currently available on the Apple TV app, Spectrum, Verizon Fios, DISH, Sling TV, and Astound, is now also available in the U.S. on Amazon’s Prime Video … » Read

On Aug. 31 three former musicians of the North Carolina Symphony filed suit against the orchestra , its president and CEO, and the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The plaintiffs—Chris Caudill, Rachel … » Read

Student concerns about the administration’s handling of a Title IX complaint against a faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music have morphed into calls that the institution’s president and board chair resign. Two hundred … » Read

Lovers of Italian opera in the U.S. need not travel to Italy to engage first-hand with two of its most iconic contributors to the art form—Teatro alla Scala and the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Last month, the Milan house hosted the … » Read

On Nov. 5 Silkroad Ensemble launched the tour of American Railroad: A Musical Journey of Reclamation , its most ambitious project to date and the first under the leadership of Rhiannon Giddens, who succeeded Yo-Yo Ma as artistic director in 2020. … » Read

BEIJING (AP) — The Philadelphia Orchestra returned to Beijing on Tuesday for a tour that will mark 50 years since its historic performance in China, the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries ahead of a highly anticipated … » Read