“It’s definitely retaliatory,” says Mary Ellen Goree, head of the San Antonio Symphony Players Committee, in response to the  orchestra’s firing of Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing.   “The … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday. The announcement comes as the United States deals with a fresh COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and … » Read

On April 23 the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will present the first of three performances of Quamino’s Map , a new opera by British composer Errollyn Wallen and American librettist Deborah Brevoort. Commissioned by the COT and presented here … » Read

Pentatone recordings has hired Sean Hickey as its new managing director. He succeeds Simon M. Eder, who left in January to join Intermusica artist management after five years in the top spot. Hickey is an award-winning composer who has several … » Read

Patrons of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) can be forgiven if they suspect that the Schermerhorn Symphony Center has become the set for a remake of The Birds , Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror/thriller. For the past two summers, tens … » Read

When the Boston Symphony Orchestra  cancelled its May 12 and 13 performances in London’s Royal Festival Hall last month, it still planned to keep its subsequent dates, May 15-24, in Vienna, Leipzig, Hamburg, and Paris, leading to … » Read

The Louisville Orchestra has received $4.3 million from the state in support of a two-year Kentucky-wide tour, set to start in 2023. This represents a return to the orchestra’s early days. The difference is that these concerts and events … » Read

In December of last year, three Black Long Beach Opera (LBO) staff members resigned amid allegations that the company fostered a culture of misogyny and racism. Two additional staffers—a BIPOC designer and a female LBO … » Read

Benefit concerts are nothing new, but the sheer volume of events in support of Ukraine is surely unprecedented. The musical offerings have ranged from opera to country, with venues as different in scope as the Metropolitan Opera and an ad hoc … » Read

Riccardo Minasi, chief conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, is the new music director of Tetrao Carlo Felice in Genoa. He’ll conduct two operas and four symphonic programs for each of the next three seasons, starting in 2022-23. … » Read