The pandemic’s impact on the U.K. music industry is so devastating that one third of British musicians are considering giving up their careers. A survey of 2,000 members of the Musicians’ Union also found that half are currently … » Read

The story of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and its founder, artistic director and longtime conductor Charles Dickerson III, a  Musical America Top 30 for 2019, will become a live action feature film from Disney. Founded in … » Read

Witnessing a recent resurgence in Covid-19 cases, Austrian officials have cancelled the annual Opera Ball, scheduled for February 2021. "This decision was not an easy one for us," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) told the Austrian Press … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera may have set a precedent for New York City’s performing arts organizations today, by announcing the complete cancellation of the 2020-21 season. Simultaneously, it has announced some ambitious and very politically … » Read

A report posted in full on the Curtis Institute of Music website details decades of sexual abuse, as initially unveiled about 15 months ago by violinist Lara St. John. The report fully corroborates St. John’s claims that, in 1985-86, as a … » Read

San Francisco Opera and its musicians have come to terms, ratified on September 18 and retroactive to August 1 and effective through July 31, 2023. The agreement, which continues healthcare, cuts salary by 50 percent of its current level (between … » Read

On Sept. 20, a protest forced Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house to abandon a performance of Verdi’s Un ballo in Maschera .  Complaining that they were seated too close together, audience members clapped and shouted. Their protest … » Read

In honor of voter registration day, pianist and arts activist Lara Downes has assembled a group of colleagues to record, individually, Leonard Bernstein’s “Take Care of This House,” from his musical 1600 Pennsylvania … » 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

Seattle Opera has cut six more staff jobs after furloughing 46 employees in June when its $2.3 million PPP loan expired. Save for online offerings, its activities have come to a halt during the pandemic. “It was a difficult decision, but we … » Read