In a letter to the U.K.’s new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, more than 650 arts leaders have warned that ending the country’s relationship with Creative Europe will lead to “an impoverished future for British … » Read

The seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film and the SummerScape Spiegeltent that comprise the 17 th edition of Bard’s SummerScape will center around Nadia Boulanger, the Parisian pedagogue, composer, conductor, pianist, organist, … » Read

In his first season as music director, Fabio Luisi will lead the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in eight programs, two of which—Verdi’s Requiem and Otello in concert-- highlight his strong suit in opera. Otherwise, it’s Brahms, … » Read

All Vienna opera and concert venues are closed through March 31. Theater an der Wien's highly anticipated event of the year--Beethoven's second version of Leonore in a production by Christoph Waltz--is scheduled for March 16. The Theater is … » Read

A total number of 148 people are under mandatory home quarantine for 14 days as a result of composer and violist Brett Dean's preparations for and performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic February 28 and March 1. An additional 272 have been … » Read

All performances at the Bayerische Staatsoper [pictured] have been cancelled up to April 19. The company reports it will make selected performances available as a live stream or video-on-demand. The former are already scheduled for a concert on … » Read

Berlin Culture Senator Klaus Lederer has closed the city’s larger state theaters, concert halls, and opera houses to halt the spread of the coronavirus.   As of Monday, Germany had registered 1,139 coronavirus cases with two … » Read

Note: Information in this article regarding U.S. presenters, first posted four days ago, is no longer up-to-date. See top story, March 13. The Lyon Opera Festival, March 13-April 2, is banning Italian journalists from attending. It's not clear … » Read

The 52 nd edition of the Blossom Music Festival will offer 19 concerts between the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends, a mix of an array of genres including rock, film score, and Broadway. On the classical front, Edo de Waart, Herbert … » Read

On Mar. 6 Judge P. Kevin Castel of Federal District Court in Manhattan issued a ruling blocking an attempt to enter the Woody Guthrie folk anthem “This Land is Your Land” in the public domain.  The same lawyers that had earlier … » Read