The San Diego Opera (SDO) has weathered the pandemic in fine form, announcing a modest surplus of less than $10,000 for the 2021 fiscal year and sporting the largest endowment—$8.8mn—in the company’s 56-year history. At … » Read

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked-out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic. The agreement was reached … » Read

As the pandemic (hopefully) recedes into the background, Esa-Pekka Salonen has released plans for his first full season as music director of the San Francisco Symphony. Eschewing a single slogan for his programming ideas, Salonen instead cites … » Read

This year’s Global Musician Workshop (GMW) will take place virtually from August 8 to 14. An educational initiative of Silkroad in partnership with the New England Conservatory, the GMW assembles a faculty representing various cultures, … » Read

After a sluggish, error-prone start, the $16bn Shuttered Venue Operators Grant initiative is finally doling out money in amounts as high as $10mn. Early indications suggest that Broadway is set to fare well, and in one particular case, … » Read

Khori Dastoor, who started her career as a resident artist at Opera San José in 2007 and is today its general director, is to be the next general director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera, arguably the country’s most innovative large … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago returns to live performances in September and October when Enrique Mazzola, the company’s new music director, leads performances of Verdi’s Macbeth and Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love . Intermissions, … » Read

The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra (FSYO) had to scramble to pull off its first concert since March 2020. Originally slated to perform on June 27 at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach, the orchestra was forced to relocate when relief … » Read

BERLIN (AP) — Thunderstorms hit Germany late Monday and torrential rain poured down on southern and western parts of the country leading to dozens of accidents and hundreds of firefighter operations throughout the night. In Bavaria, some … » Read