Teatro Nuovo, Will Crutchfield’s fledgling opera company specializing in bel canto repertoire, has cancelled its upcoming performances (July 9-14) of Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Bellini’s La Sonnambula due to an outbreak of … » Read

The Pittsburgh Festival Opera (PFO), the smaller of the city’s two opera companies, is gambling that its decision not to mount any complete productions this summer will ultimately lead to financial stability. The PFO is instead presenting … » Read

According to its bankruptcy filing, the nonprofit board that ran the now-defunct San Antonio Symphony owes more than $10 million to the pension fund of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). How much, if any, of this amount will ultimately … » Read

The vocal exercises a singer uses to warm up are both highly personal and the result of training in a specific cultural tradition. Zofia Majewski, a student majoring in vocal performance, talks with three vocalists who represent different … » Read

On June 25 the U.K. government’s Department of Education published The Power of Music to Change Lives , a national plan for music education. The 88-page report, delayed for two years by the pandemic, is designed to “level up musical … » Read

A year ago, when the San Diego Opera was preparing a scaled-down season of live performances while Covid was still at large, a significant financial shortfall seemed a likely possibility. The company anticipated a deficit of $759,401 for the … » Read

The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit annual growth, … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is hardly the only purveyor of classical music in Los Angeles. The Street Symphony brings professional musicians to clinics, homeless shelters, and jails clustered in and around L.A.’s Skid Row, one of the most … » Read

It was time, opines Lionel Sosa, to “put this great lady out of her misery.” The lady he refers to was the San Antonio Symphony, which last week initiated bankruptcy proceedings, effectively ending its 83-year existence . Sosa is more … » Read

On June 24 an international jury selected the Viennese architectural office Jabornegg & Pálffy, together with Vasko+Partner Ingenieure of the same city, to carry out the planned €335mn ($355mn) renovation and expansion of the … » Read