Upon first blush, this summer looked like the moment when the concert business was going to come roaring back from the depths of the 14-month depression resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. After a shaky start, the disbursement of billions of … » Read

Having duly established its cutting-edge bona fides, the Long Beach Opera (LBO) has unveiled what it accurately describes as “an audacious 2022 season,” its first under James Darrah,  named artistic director in February. At the … » Read

The silhouette of the Hohensalzburg Fortress; Salzburg’s regional flag; and a Greek theater mask, all set against a golden background, comprise the logo for the annual five-week feast of music and theater that is the Salzburg Festival. … » Read

The opening of the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center in downtown Inglewood this September will represent an exemplar of architectural adaptive reuse and adds another feather in the cap of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The first permanent … » Read

The Broadway remake of West Side Story, which opened in February of 2020, just one month before Covid-19 struck , announced earlier this week that it would not reopen in September. Directed by Ivo van Hove, with choreography by Anne Teresa De … » Read

As it returns to live performances, the Ravinia Festival has a shiny new attraction for concertgoers—the Ravinia Music Box Experience Center. The Center’s main attraction is a 12-minute long high-tech, immersive exhibit— … » Read

The evolution of the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the San Diego Symphony’s new, $85 million summer stage that opened with great fanfare last Friday, can be traced back to 2016. That was when the city first gave the orchestra permission to … » Read

The annual Lakes Area Music Festival , in Brainerd, MN, cancelled its remaining concerts last weekend when two of its artists tested positive for Covid-19. The event, scheduled for 14 more performances through August 22, was to have marked the … » Read

Spotify currently has 365 million monthly users. Every day some portion of them use the platform and, in the process, generate more than 100 billion data points. The information gathered, says the company’s advertising materials, … » Read

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had … » Read