NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera’s operating revenue dropped by $25 million to $120 million in the fiscal year ending July 31, a season shortened due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the company avoided an operating loss … » Read

The Verbier Festival, having been among the first to cancel its 2020 edition due to the pandemic, can now go on record as the first festival to announce a completely live 2021 season, much of which will be streamed. Audiences will be limited to … » Read

Primary Wave Music, an independent music company in New York, has paid an estimated $30mn for the assets of Sun Records, one of rock ’n’ roll’s earliest and most iconic labels. Sam Phillips, the company’s founder, released … » Read

It was becoming a bit of a cliff hanger. The Dallas Opera announced in December that it would launch its postponed 2020-21 season on March 5, with one premiere (Jody Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ), three abridged productions … » Read

Germany-based Schott Music Group, which includes a vast range of publishers from Universal Edition to Bärenreiter and Gershwin Music, has moved its U.S. rental and licensing business—the European American Music Distributors … » Read

After a $90mn transformation, the 1931 Art Deco Warner Grand Theater in downtown Milwaukee is set to make its debut on Feb. 6 as the Bradley Symphony Center, the new home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO). The project, which survived … » Read

No one would ever describe orchestras and opera companies as nimble institutions. Seasons are planned years in advance, due in equal part to traditional practices and the need to pin down scheduling commitments from star talent. “It strikes … » Read

The latest crop of contemporary music recordings is striking for its breadth, spanning politically tinged messages, soothing sounds, and exotic textures from far corners of the globe. Below are recordings of current repertoire issued between late … » Read

The refusal of the Franz Hofmann and Sophie Hagemann Foundation to pay for a violin taken from Jewish music dealer Felix Hildesheimer by the Nazis in 1939 is threatening the efficacy of Germany’s advisory group on the return of cultural … » 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