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

Unions and professional associations in the entertainment industry have joined forces to encourage Congress to include the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) as part of omnibus legislation during 2022. Their goal is to “restore tax … » Read

There is a glimmer of hope in San Antonio, where the symphony’s musicians have been locked in a rancorous standoff with management since declaring a strike last September .  A new negotiation session that will include a mediator is … » Read

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking a hard look at the music streaming business to determine if it holds too much power and whether artists and fans are getting a fair deal. The CMA’s investigation is in … » Read

Like everywhere else in the world, the pandemic interrupted normal musical life in Venezuela. For the Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho (Grand Mariscal of Ayacucho Symphony Orchestra), it ended a streak of sell-out concerts and … » Read