John Anderson, president of Barrett Artists, formerly Herbert Barrett Management, has decided to close the office. Between the impact of the pandemic on the field and his own desire to retire—he turns 80 in July—he’s decided, in … » Read

More and more performing arts organizations are bowing to the inevitable and giving up on a return to business in 2020. “I think 2020 is gone,” said Anna D. Shapiro, the artistic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater … » Read

The Salzburg Festival’s 100 th anniversary season will be a severely curtailed one, due to the Austrian government’s coronavirus containment measures. It will run from August 1 to 30. Instead of 200 events over 44 days at 16 … » 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

No one knows when theaters and concert halls will be ready to host full houses again, but in the meantime a great many people are trying to figure out the best way to assure that venues can be properly disinfected between shows. One Buffalo-based … » Read

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — Riccardo Muti will conduct a youth orchestra in an open-air concert launching the annual Ravenna Festival next month in what organizers billed Friday as Italy’s first live classical music performance since its … » Read

The Austrian government has given the green light for concerts to resume and the end of the month for audiences of up to 100, for audiences up to 250 by July 1, and up to 500 by August 1. The Vienna Philharmonic has issued a report stating that … » Read

The government of Italy has said that indoor performances for an audiences of up to 200 and outdoor events for up to 1,000 are permitted as of June 15. Most sources reference “theaters and concert halls”; it’s not clear whether … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has announced nothing officially about its fall season, but all signs point to an empty, 3,800-seat house, on both sides of the footlights. Tickets for the still-on-the-schedule September 21 opening night gala with Anna … » Read

Necessity is proving to be the mother of invention for an artistic community under the threat of financial ruin from the Covid-19 novel virus. Creative fundraising efforts have sprung up all over the world, as artists put their talents to use to … » Read