In October the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) will welcome back capacity audiences for a full season of subscription concerts as well as special recitals and pops concerts. Music Director Louis Langrée returns for his eighth season … » Read

A music fan can’t help but sigh with relief that Carnegie Hall will indeed open in October, with seating at 100 percent capacity, foreign orchestras on tap, and about two thirds of a full season (100 concerts out of the usual 150) confirmed … » Read

AGMA members employed by the Metropolitan Opera have voted to ratify the four-year contract their 36-member negotiating committee came up with in May , after some adjustments for soloists. Initially, key singers said they would not vote for the … » 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

Having  announced its 2021 season last October, the Santa Fe Opera last week issued a number of updates for the 30-performance, four-opera event, which opens July 10. Several cast members have withdrawn, some for issues of foreign travel … » Read

The last 14 months have been especially cruel to the Metropolitan Opera, the nation’s largest performing arts organization. Already struggling to balance an annual operating budget of more than $300mn, the pandemic added to the … » Read

After long months of waiting and unfulfilled promises ,  funds from the $16bn Shuttered Venue Operators Grant initiative finally began to flow last week to music clubs, theaters, and other live-event businesses devastated by the pandemic. … » Read

On June 26 the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) will perform a free concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the venue’s first live performance in over a year. “It’s been an exercise in organizational agility and … » Read

On June 1 tickets for the summer season at the Hollywood Bowl went on sale, with every expectation that the Bowl will welcome full capacity crowds as of the first concert on July 3. This marks a  change from a previous plan calling for the … » Read

Anyone leaving a concert at Philadelphia’s Mann Center, or simply going for a walk in the surrounding Fairmount Park, would be well-advised to download the app , put on their headphones, and get ready to enjoy Pulitzer Prize-winning … » Read