Inevitably, the Los Angeles Opera, which had been hoping to stage its final production,  The Marriage of Figaro, as planned from June 6 to 28, has cancelled its season. It has been shuttered since March 14. A Payroll Protection Plan Program … » Read

The Dallas and Chicago symphonies appear to be the only two major American orchestras that have not cancelled their seasons. Dallas plans to start up again on May 24 and Chicago on June 9. This week, the  San Francisco Symphony was finally … » Read

In Los Angeles developers must pay an arts fee to the city determined by the square footage or a percentage of the building permit’s value for any project costing $500,000 or more. Normally, the funds are used to support cultural events … » Read

Acts of generosity by its board of directors, in combination with the federal government’s CARES Act and Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program, are enabling the Los Angeles Master Chorale to compensate its singers … » Read

Ravinia, which lays claim to being the oldest music festival in the country, has cancelled its 2020 season, scheduled for June 12-September 16 and featuring 120 events of a variety of genres, including several by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. … » Read

Unable to carry out their mission before a live (and paying) public, performing arts companies are projecting potentially debilitating losses. The San Francisco Symphony is estimating a minimum of $13 million, Metropolitan Opera at $60 million, … » Read

Despite political pressure to reopen the economy and manufactured protests against sheltering in place, most leaders of arts organizations are understandably wary of promising the resumption of performances. For starters, no one has yet come up … » Read

La Scala closed its doors in February , as the coronavirus ripped through Lombardy—Italy's worst hit region, with over 13,000 of the nearly 28,000 national deaths recorded to date. Grim economic forecasts soon came out of La Scala, with … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pressing ahead with plans for 2020-21, even amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is scheduled to open on Sept. 16 with Music Director Andris Nelsons leading an all-Beethoven program … » Read

The Salzburg Festival has said it will announce its contingency plans, if any, for Summer 2020 on May 30. In a recent interview with Der Standar d, Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, noting that the July 18-August 30 season was announced … » Read