A $60 million gift from an anonymous donor is adding momentum to plans for the Sarasota Orchestra’s new music center, the first concert hall purpose-built for acoustic music on Florida’s West Coast. An initial gift of $10 million was … » Read

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has announced its 2025 classical season of three fully-staged opera productions as well as concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra. Adding luster is the news that soprano Renée Fleming … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo will instead open at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Adapted from George … » Read

Having appointed a new board of trustees, Trump is pleased that its members voted him chairman. The Center also announced, officially, that Deborah Rutter's contract had been terminated and that Richard Grenell was interim Kennedy Center … » Read

The Seattle Opera’s 62 nd season, the first fully planned by new General and Artistic Director James Robinson [pictured], will include four mainstage productions—three company premieres and one chestnut. The season launches on Oct. 18 … » Read

In his first season as the new music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Cristian Macelaru will be on the Music Hall podium for seven programs. His official debut, on Oct, 3 and 4, will feature Gershwin’s Concerto in F, … » Read

Among the 120 performances of the 49th Spoleto Festival USA, May 23 to June 8, are the final two recitals of Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments , a series of six solo performances that pair newly commissioned works with Bach’s cello … » Read

Trump is wasting no time in taking over the Kennedy Center, as threatened . In addition to firing Chairman David M. Rubenstein, who has given $111 million to the Center over time, and installing himself in his place, Trump has removed 18 from the … » Read

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)—President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman. He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at … » Read

NEW YORK--The 1714 Strad from which the New England Conservatory (NEC) hoped to get up to $18 million at auction has sold for $11.3  million. Monies will go toward scholarship aid. The auction was first announced two months ago. The late … » Read