The San Francisco Opera’s 99th Season continues at the War Memorial Opera House between June 4 and July 3 with three offerings. First up is a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni , which is set in a post-apocalyptic future amid the … » Read

In a move designed to promote the idea that Boston’s Berklee College of Music should “practice what it preaches,” Adam Gautille has resigned because the school refuses to pay session musicians top-tier rates. “We're not … » Read

LOS ANGELES – With determined optimism, the LA Opera intends a full menu of activity in its 2022-23 season. President and CEO Christopher Koelsch announced Sunday that the company will resume its pre-pandemic slate of six full productions … » Read

Representatives from two very different musical worlds came together in Philadelphia on Feb. 3 to celebrate the music and life of Florence Price. The Black composer, who died almost 70 years ago, is enjoying her  long overdue coming-out … » Read

Beginning Feb. 8, Carnegie Hall+, the new premium subscription  video on-demand channel, will be adding a number of top-drawer performances to its offerings. Five stand out as highlights: Lang Lang’s Carnegie Hall Recital Debut (full … » Read

An anonymous source within the Mariinsky Theater reports that the orchestra performed three concerts in January in Moscow, despite a majority of the players suffering from Covid-19. The source adds that the orchestra’s musicians are … » Read

Marie Jacquot, first Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf / Duisburg, has been selected to succeed Alexander Vedernikov as chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theater as of 2023-24. The 31-year-old French conductor has signed a … » Read

The Chicago Lyric Opera welcomed the month of February with an announcement of its 2022-23 season, its 68 th and the first of the post-pandemic era. Verdi’s Ernani is the season opener (Sept. 9-Oct. 1), with direction by Louisa Muller and … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — After enduring repeated COVID-19 testing and a 5,400-mile (8690-kilometer) flight from London to become the first international symphony to tour the United States in 23 months, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra arrived in … » Read

Murder, sex, and on occasion even rape are the bread and butter for many an opera. For singers being called upon to hit all the right notes while also be enmeshed in passionate embraces, a misplaced hand or inadvertent grope can throw even the … » Read