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

The New York Philharmonic’s first live performances for audiences in over a year will take place not with their music director on the podium but with musicians' favorite Esa-Pekka Salonen leading small-ensembles. Repertoire is Arvo … » Read

Silkroad, founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma 21 years ago, has received a $3mn “transformational” grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens called the monies “hugely meaningful at a time during … » Read

China removed restrictions on hall capacity on March 15 th ,  thus paving the way for performance venues to sell all seats.  Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism indicate that local authorities, and the venues … » Read

Mills College, home to the Center for Contemporary Music, alma mater to Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Laurie Anderson, creative home to John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Anthony Braxton, and other contemporary composer icons, has announced that it … » Read

Opera Philadelphia will offer its first performances for live audiences since February 2020 with a 90-minute adaptation of Tosca, presented with orchestra and chorus and marking the company's debut at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. The event, … » Read