Two more festivals have cancelled their upcoming seasons, both of them key players in the realm of contemporary music. The Aldeburgh Festival, founded in 1948 by composer Benjamin Britten, tenor Peter Pears, and librettist/producer Eric Crozier, … » Read

The Festival has just announced that it is "suspended." Following is the Festival's own announcement, posted verbatim in the interest of time. It is marked March 31. » Read

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has come up with an ingenious way to engage with its audience in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. At 9pm each night, members of the ensemble post short excerpts of works by Bach and others online via … » Read

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