Timing can be everything. On the same day that the Kennedy Center received news it was to receive $25m as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), the Center’s president, Deborah Rutter, informed the 96 … » Read

We will be updating this list twice weekly. Please note that Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Contact editor@musicalamerica.com .   Monday, March 30 Noon CET: Staatsoper unter den Linden. … » Read

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded $89 million of the Metropolitan Opera’s taxable municipal debt to junk bond status as a result of the pandemic-driven decision to cancel the remainder of the company’s season. A further … » Read

The Canadian Opera Company has cancelled the remainder of its season, inclusive of Aida , The Flying Dutchman , a free concert series, a fundraiser, and all else, due to concerns over COVID-19. Its two main venues, the Four Seasons Center for the … » Read

The Scottish Opera’s production of Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been postponed, due to the coronavirus crisis, but the company is making itself useful in the meantime. Just as the Atlanta Opera is using the skills of its … » Read

UPDATE, JUNE 2:  The best list we've seen thus far is provided by the New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), a national listing of COVID-19 Emergency Grants for all artists. … » Read

With the much-anticipated Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, due to be passed into law by Congress and signed by the White House presently, the federal government is now poised to join the relief effort. The 883-page bill … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled its summer tour of South Korea and Vietnam, scheduled for June 21 to July 3. The tour was to honor restored diplomatic relations with Vietnam and Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s recent … » Read

In the midst of what would normally be a very busy conference season, the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity has laid off 400 people, about 75 per cent of its workforce. “The funds we need to do all our arts and leadership activity comes … » Read

Arts Council England (ACE) has created a £160m ($188.8m) emergency fund to help organizations, freelancers, and individual artists weather “[the] massive and unsustainable loss of revenues” due to the coronavirus pandemic. … » Read