The annual report for the fiscal year 2022 brought good news for the Minnesota Orchestra. The ensemble’s first full season of post-pandemic performances produced an operating deficit of $656,000. This represented a marked improvement over … » Read

The U.K.’s leading opera companies—Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Opera North, English National Opera (ENO), English Touring Opera and Welsh National Opera—have issued an appeal to Arts Council England (ACE) for the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s press department, which falls under the jurisdiction of Marketing and Communications, headed by Assistant General Manager Gillian Brierley, is looking rather different than it did before Dan Wakin arrived one year … » Read

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO), with a core of nine professional musicians and an annual budget of $2.3 million, has received a contribution of $2 million from native son and billionaire Dean Buntrock, founder and longtime chief of … » Read

One of the pleasures flowing from the classical music world’s long overdue attention to Black artists is the frequent discovery of extraordinary individuals whose achievements have hitherto gone unrecognized. Mary Lucinda Cardwell Dawson, … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a concert to remember victims of the war. This is the company's  second concert honoring Ukraine. Met music director Yannick … » Read

As threatened by its landlord , the Philly Pops has been officially evicted from the Kimmel Center. All upcoming concerts are marked as “cancelled” on the Kimmel Center website, including the Feb. 17-19 program “Get Up, Stand … » Read

For well over two decades San Antonio struggled to support its symphony orchestra, which survived suspended seasons and labor struggles before finally  declaring bankruptcy in June of 2022 after 83 years of existence. Now the city is … » Read

A few weeks ago, the Philly Pops mounted a gung-ho “Save the Pops” campaign , in response to threatened closure from overwhelming debt . One of its largest debtors was, and remains, its landlord, the Kimmel Center, to which it owes … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)--Terence Blanchard, the first Black composer whose work has been heard at the Metropolitan Opera, will be given a yearlong celebration at Lincoln Center starting in March. The Met, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Film … » Read