In a move that, on the surface, appears a win-win, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO) will collaborate with Illinois State University’s (ISU) Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts and School of Music by moving its performances on campus to … » Read

That Christian Fellowship church in McAllen, TX, that stole, then bowdlerized Hamilton to suit its own (anti-gay) “Christian” agendas, has finally apologized for neither seeking usage rights nor permission to change the lyrics in its … » Read

The 2½-year, $150 million  refurbishment of the Sydney Opera House has produced one of the best concert halls in the world. So says Simone Young,  chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Peter McCallum, the Sydney … » Read

Lincoln Center has announced its programming for the coming season and, as if to underline its executive layer’s distrust of the classical idiom, much less the canon, it will present a potpourri of the hippest trends in cross-genre, nod to … » Read

This fall Princeton University Concerts (PUC) will introduce “Healing with Music,” a three-concert series by musicians who will share their personal relationships to music during illness and other forms of personal upheaval. Clemency … » Read

Within the performing arts' efforts to reduce carbon emissions, Glyndebourne is the front-runner, having installed its own wind turbine in January 2012-- a controversial move at the time, inspiring many complaints about its ruining the … » Read

The 2022 Rossini Opera Festival concluded on Aug. 21 in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the composer. The 43 rd edition of the annual celebration, reports the festival, was a considerable success, despite the lingering aftereffects of the … » Read

The enthusiasm with which the performing arts world has greeted the return of post-pandemic live performances has been tempered by the failure of audiences to respond in kind. “People got used to not going places during the pandemic,” … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra ran afoul of relaxed public health protocols at the Edinburgh International Festival when it asked the Edinburgh Festival Chorus to wear face masks for an Aug. 25 performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. When … » Read

As symphony and opera orchestras prepare for the coming season, pandemic salary levels severely reduced—in some cases nonexistent—are inching back up to normal. The  Pittsburgh Symphony opted to “kick the can  down the … » Read