The University of Pennsylvania has announced plans to build a new theater, to be named for its primary donor, Stuart Weitzman, that will be connected to the south side of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The Center, recently … » Read

The Kennedy Center is celebrating its 50 th anniversary (plus one pandemic year) with a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass , which inaugurated the Center for the Performing Arts in September of 1971. Bernstein’s work, … » Read

The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 prompted the BBC to cancel the Last Night of the Proms on Sept. 10 as well as the penultimate concert scheduled for the previous evening by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The monarch, a Patron of the Royal … » Read

A centennial is a time to reflect on past accomplishments, and the San Francisco Opera (SFO)  at one hundred has much to celebrate. But such moments also invite a look to the future to identify new challenges and opportunities that will … » Read

The unlikely convergence of three of America’s premier symphony orchestras for successive performances in early September at the Dresden Music Festival’s Kulturpalast offered a critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette an opportunity to … » Read

Although Russia likes to consider itself a global superpower, “the list today,” argues Elisabeth Braw in Foreign Policy , “mostly comes down to oil and gas, sports, and classical music.” The invasion of Ukraine and a … » Read

In an age when a surfeit of material objects characterizes life for all but the impoverished, it is easy to lose sight of less tangible things—a relatable past, confidence in what is to come, and cultural richness that is more than just a … » Read

Just a month ago an industry insider characterized the relationship between the music industry and the tech companies leading the streaming revolution as “deeply dysfunctional [and] symbiotic.”   The last negotiation over rates … » Read

As the unanimity that initially characterized mask and vaccine mandates for live performances has dissipated, arts presenters are facing choices bound to displease some audience members. While some won’t enter a theater without masking, … » Read

After a four-year period of gestation, Antony and Cleopatra will open on Sept. 10, launching the San Francisco Opera’s 100 th season. The product of a collaboration between director Elkhanah Pulitzer, composer John Adams, and dramaturge … » Read