The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina , which opened at Chicago’s Civic Opera House on Feb. 15, took five years to create. Commissioned in 2014 from choreographer Yuri Possokhov, a former star at the Bolshoi Ballet, the work’s … » Read

BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced last Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The … » Read

On the night of July 16, two fans of The Phantom of the Opera will get the opportunity to sleep in Box 37 in Paris’s Palais Garnier, the house that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical. Box 37 will be lavishly furnished in … » Read

At least three teachers at Italy’s largest music school, the Milan Conservatoire, are being investigated for allegedly taking bribes to guarantee admission. The allegations are under investigation by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra and other organizations based at the Kimmel Center have been dealing with a cyberattack since last Thursday, one that is impacting ticket sales; two days ago the orchestra created a  temporary portal to sell … » Read

Most of the web pages beyond the home page on the Met Opera website were down today, for over four hours, including the calendar and the box office. Clicking on any one of the "buy tickets" links yielded an error page. As of late afternoon, the … » Read

The acclaimed King’s Singers have been cancelled by Pensacola Christian College. Two hours before their scheduled concert there last Saturday, they received notice that the school was concerned about the “lifestyle” of members … » Read

Over the next several months, Italy’s opera houses are mounting “Viva Verdi,” an effort to save Sant’agata Villanova Sull’arda, the farmhouse in the Italian province of Piacenza that was the home of Giuseppe Verdi … » Read

Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts [pictured] has not performed in his native country since August 2021, and given his outspoken opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, he is not likely to be returning anytime soon. A resident of Zurich for more … » Read

Piano competitions abound, but only one—"Bake-Off for Pianos”—takes place in U.K. train stations. Modelled after “The Great British Bake Off,” the Channel 4 contest takes advantage of the worldwide “street … » Read