The Odessa Opera and Ballet, the Ukraine’s oldest opera house, has become a center of resistance for this Black Sea port’s efforts to fend off Russian invaders. Built in 1887, it finds itself reprising its role of 80 years ago, when … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has appointed Matthew Ozawa to the newly created position of chief artistic administration officer. He starts April 12. No stranger to the company, Ozawa has previously served as interim head of Lyric Unlimited, the … » Read

It’s a veritable building boom in the performing arts: Last week, Lincoln Center announced the near completion of the remade David Geffen Hall; yesterday the St. Louis Symphony unveiled the expansion and upgrading of Powell Hall ; and now, … » Read

Classical musicians around the world are using their talents to show their solidarity with Ukrainian. “Music is what some of us can give,” Marta Krechkovsky, a Ukrainian violinist who in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, tells the … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced an ambitious plan to renovate and expand Powell Hall. Originally built in 1925 as the St. Louis Theater, a movie palace and vaudeville playhouse, the venue became the symphony’s permanent home … » Read

Citing problems with “internal communications, work environment, and issues related to equity and diversity,” three key, part-time Long Beach Opera employees have resigned. One of them is Alexander Gedeon, director of Stimmung , by … » Read

ROME, Italy (AP) — A gentle tune from a violin played by a musician who has been dubbed Ukraine’s “cellar violinist” is a lullaby for a child sheltered in the dark basement of an apartment building in the besieged … » Read

Many cultural institutions around the country are asking, “Is it too soon to unmask?” As the Covid-19 virus retreats and local and state governments begin relaxing public health regulations for public venues, arts leaders are once … » Read

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) has canceled an appearance by Alexander Malofeev, a 20-year-old Russian pianist who had been scheduled to perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 March 9-13 with Michael Tilson Thomas on … » Read

A visitor to the St Pancras International concourse in London on March 7, International Women’s Day, might have had a brief operatic encounter. Over the course of several hours, ten singers from the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker … » Read