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

In a windowless room one floor beneath the Orchestra Hall stage, three people are busy at tasks essential to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Absent the efforts of the CSO’s three music librarians—Carole Keller, Mark Swanson, and … » Read

It took composer Dylan Mattingly [pictured], working with Thomas Bartscherer, more than a decade to create the opera Stranger Love . On May 20, it took the composer’s 28-member ensemble Contemporaneous six hours to perform the work’s … » Read

The period of time in an opera singer’s life between student productions and hoped-for roles with a major company can often be a professional desert, devoid of opportunities to perform. In 2019, three friends in Seattle—Christine … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle … » Read

May must be management merger month: Ten days ago, ADA Artist Management joined forces with UIA Talent Agency , the former dropping its moniker, such that Manhattan-based UIA now has a roster of 250. This week, London-based Sulivan Sweetland and … » Read