We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time (ET) and Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours ahead. Central Daylight Time (CDT) is currently one … » Read

An agreement brokered with five of the nation’s most prominent music publishers will enable high school musicians to complete their year-end assessments and classroom instruction without fear of violating copyright provisions. The National … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera, consistent with the county’s stay-at-home order extension to May 15, has cancelled its staging of Debussy's Pelléas and Mélisande , scheduled May 2 through 23, and its concert performance of … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is taking significant steps to support all its fulltime employees during the coronavirus pandemic. The organization’s plan illustrates a refreshing display of unity between management and its musicians. … » Read

Since 2020 is the year devoted to all things Beethoven, it comes as no surprise that accounts of his supposed illegitimate daughter are receiving renewed attention. Maria Theresia Selma Arria Cornelia Minona—later known as Minona von … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled the remainder of its spring season, through June 15, and postponed its Summer at Orchestra Hall 2020 events by one year. At the same time, it is adding four weeks of concerts in August and September 2020, … » Read

The San Francisco Opera has been forced to cancel its entire summer season, 18 performances of three operas--Verdi’s Ernani , Handel’s Partenope , and Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs— … » Read

The Grange Park Opera has announced plans for a 2024 production of Krishna , a never-before-performed opera by Sir John Tavener. The largely unknown opera, completed in 2005, exists only in manuscript form. Prince Charles, a friend of the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera is to take its nightly HD encore streams—which the company says have reached “4 million viewers” since they were launched March 16—to the next level. Scheduled for 1 pm EDT on April 25, the newly … » Read

Individual artists and small to midsize organizations with annual budgets of less than $15m will be eligible for emergency relief from the newly created COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL fund. A three-pronged partnership among Philadelphia’s Office of … » Read