CHICAGO—Artistically, Haymarket Opera Company is firmly planted in the Baroque era. For the past decade, the company has been charming Chicago opera lovers with zesty, elegant performances of works by the likes of Handel, Telemann, … » Read

The occasion of opening night 2021 at the Metropolitan Opera grows more momentous as the date of September 27 approaches. The latest news about the first opera on this stage in 18 months— apart from Fire Shut Up in My Bones being the … » Read

The Spoleto Festival USA is putting together a new, specific-to-the-task choir, with auditions scheduled for four cities this fall. The choir’s makeup and formation will follow the model of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, which hosts … » Read

The English Touring Opera (ETO) has notified nearly half of its musicians that they will not be contracted for the 2022 tour. The reason, says the ETO, is the prioritization of “increased diversity in the orchestra…. in line with the … » Read

The LA Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program, now in its 12 th year, is proving to be a highly successful incubator for young conducting talent. While most orchestras engage an assistant conductor or two to step in when needed and to … » Read

The American Ballet Theater (ABT) and Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. have announced a three-year partnership that will include annual productions of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker as well as several world and West … » Read

On Oct. 7, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich—her compositional debut with the orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, one … » Read

It is heartbreaking, though hardly surprising, that Zohra, the all-female orchestra once based in Kabul, is a thing of the past. Once a symbol of the new freedom—for music, for women, for self-expression—the 40-member ensemble has no … » Read

Since YouTube Music launched its Premium service in 2014, it has attracted over 50 million subscribers; 20 million of those signed up just within the past year. While Spotify dominates the global market with 165mn subscribers, neither Apple Music … » Read

When Andrew Yee, a member of the Grammy award-winning Attacca Quartet, showed up for an Air Wisconsin flight to Fargo with his cello in hand, the airline refused him boarding, despite his purchase of a separate ticket for the instrument. … » Read