After 16 months of keeping opera lovers afloat through lockdown, New York’s Metropolitan Opera has declared that its nightly streaming program will come to an end this Sunday, July 25. The decision comes as this year’s Bayreuth … » Read

In a unique musical partnership, the East Coast’s New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the California-based LA Phil YOLA National Institute have partnered to develop a bicoastal summer institute for young musicians. The two-week … » Read

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced a fall 2021 program helmed by the U.S. premiere of Sun & Sea , the theatrical installation-cum-opera that carried off the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Other key productions from around … » Read

The 2021 Salzburg Festival will go ahead with no limitations on seating capacity, it has been announced. With a detailed prevention plan in place, it’s hoped that audiences will be reassured, with statistics for the Whitsun Festival … » Read

The Minneota Orchestra has announced details of its upcoming season with a program that both looks forwards and backwards, highlighting the achievements of outgoing Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s 19-year tenure, but with a healthy … » Read

Aspen Music Festival dedicated its July 17 performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute to its director, Edward Berkeley, who died unexpectedly hours before the curtain went up. Berkeley had been the Aspen Music Festival and School Opera Program … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read

There are stirrings in the British parliament that may lead to a complete reset of music streaming regulations. “Streaming has helped save the music industry following two decades of digital piracy,” wrote Kevin Brennan, an MP on … » Read

The restart of the classical music world will occasion a return to touring, and with it, hopefully, a renewed consideration of the industry’s carbon footprint. Just how much does music contribute to the global climate emergency? Air travel … » Read

A new study of performing arts organizations by TRG Arts has found that 55 percent of those in the U.S. anticipate returning to live, in-person performances before October 2021. The study, “ Arts and Culture Comeback Planning: June 2021 … » Read