While Carnegie Hall still remains closed, on June 12 “Carnegie Hall Citywide” launches a summer season of more than 20 performances in 11 partner venues from June through September. Local artists take center stage throughout, … » Read

This summer the Philadelphia Orchestra (PO) returns to performing before live audiences at Colorado’s Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York. … » Read

Over the past year, a precious few arts organizations in and around New York benefitted from a foundation that, until now, remained anonymous. The Alphadyne Foundation has disbursed a total of $10mn, $6mn of it to arts organizations, since the … » Read

“To pee, or not to pee.” That is the question, writes Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune when contemplating the Lyric Opera’s decision to perform its fall offerings without intermissions. None of the operas, the Lyric reports, … » Read

BBC has announced the upcoming Proms season, July 30 to September 11, with 52 concerts over 44 days to a (hopefully) full audience in Royal Albert Hall, now in its 150 th -anniversary year. It’s a far cry from last year’s 14 concerts … » Read

As arts groups begin to peek out from behind the shutters, the German government yesterday announced its largest funding package ever to the arts, which--in a country that actually places value on them —is saying something. The idea behind … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera would be able to cut the fees of its highest-paid individual singers by 12.7 percent under a pending four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists. Details were not announced May 11 … » Read

After a year in which it defied the pandemic by presenting 40 live performances in two different outdoor venues, including a revolutionary custom-designed  circus tent , the Atlanta Opera has announced a return to its indoor venue in … » Read

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has announced a return to live performances in the 2021-22 season. Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will be on the podium for 12 weeks of subscription concerts, beginning on Sept. 25, 2021, and extending to … » Read

The recently announced merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery betokens “a new age of media consolidation,” according to WIRED magazine. “If that sounds familiar, it is. For decades before the internet, TV was dominated by the Big … » Read