In a burst of optimism, the BBC has announced its intention to mount a full program of music for Proms 2021, scheduled from July 30 to Sept. 11 in Royal Albert Hall. The iconic venue, whose 150th birthday passed on March 29, narrowly escaped … » Read

The Cincinnati May Festival will present five weekend performances between May 21 and 30 at Music Hall. Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena will lead two of two different programs, while Director of Choruses Robert Porco will conduct the fifth. The … » Read

The Munich-based movement Aufstehen für die Kunst (Stand up for the Arts) filed an “urgent application” with the Bavarian Administrative Court on Monday, protesting the continued ban on concerts and performances as dictated by a … » 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

The Los Angeles Music Center has become the first performing arts organization to receive the UL Verified Healthy Buildings Mark for Indoor Air Quality from Underwriters Laboratories, the international testing service headquartered in Northbrook, … » Read

The LA Opera has partnered with subscription arts-streaming platform Marquee TV to add Joseph Bologne’s The Anonymous Lover to its offerings, starting March 27. Marquee TV’s catalog is well-stocked with classic productions of … » Read

Among the many challenges facing the San Francisco Opera (SFO) as it has contemplated a return to live performances is how to protect a group of people working closely together on stage from breathing one another’s potentially infectious … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is taking steps toward the reopening of the city’s theaters, creating vaccination and testing sites for stage workers in a bid to restore a key part of New York’s draw. “It’s time to … » Read

Over the past decade the explosion of streaming services has transformed how we listen to music, with compact-disc sales declining by 97 percent since 2000. As anyone who has explored classical music streaming can tell you, mainline services like … » Read

As the classical music world in the U.K. cautiously begins to contemplate life after the pandemic, a critic asks, “What can we expect from our opera houses and orchestras?” While acknowledging that the end may be in sight, Ancrew … » Read