We will be updating the following list as additions arrive; please note that Central European Time (CET) is currently five hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Contact editor@musicalamerica.com to add to the list. Tuesday, March 17 Noon CET: … » Read

The Southbank Center, home to The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Purcell Room, has officially announced its closure. As a charity, we will be working hard to find ways to survive the financial implications that a period of … » Read

Yesterday,  Carnegie Hall. Today, the Kennedy Center has in essence cancelled the rest of its season, closing down through May 10 “in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 . “Until further notice, the Kennedy Center campus … » Read

The threat posed by the coronavirus has led Berlin to shutter the city’s theaters, state operas, and concert halls until at least April 19. Of the city’s cultural institutions, only public museums remain open for the time being. With … » Read

The Southbank Center and the British Film Institute have severed their funding relationship with Shell, the international oil and gas giant whose corporate headquarters are also located on the South Bank. This move comes on the heels of last … » Read

We will be updating the following list as additions arrive; please note that Central European Time (CET) is currently five hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Contact editor@musicalamerica.com to add to the list. Monday, March 16 7 pm CET: Vienna … » Read

Following governmental "advice," with regard to socializing and COVID-19, public performance spaces, from the Royal Opera House to Wigmore Hall, Scottish National Opera and Edinburg's Festival Theater, have shut down with immediate effect. The … » Read

In compliance with an order from Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin banning gatherings of over 50 to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Bolshoi Theater has cancelled all performances until April 10. "To suspend leisure activities in Moscow, namely in the … » Read

There went the season: Carnegie Hall has announced that it will remain closed through May 10—about five weeks more than originally announced last week. This includes all events at all halls and all educational programming. The full list of … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago, responding to a directive from Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot barring all large-scale events for the next 30 days, has cancelled all three complete Ring cycles as well as the preceding two … » Read