Two recent incidents signal the growing and disruptive intrusion of cellphones into performances. In New York, Joshua Henry reached into seats onstage during the Off-Broadway musical The Wrong Man to grab a phone being used to record his … » Read

After an absence of almost fifty years—49 years and 253 days to be exact—the Beatles’ Abbey Road is back on top of the charts in the U.K. The last album recorded by the Fab Four was released in 1969. Although Let It Be was … » Read

NEW YORK — Some in the audience wore tuxedos and evening gowns, others wore jeans and sneakers. There was even a man wearing a black sleeveless shirt and blue suede cowboy boots. The Metropolitan Opera began regular Sunday-afternoon staged … » Read

The relief accompanying the recent announcement of a one-year collective bargaining agreement between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and its players may prove short-lived if the organization cannot address a structural deficit that has … » Read

Apparently Italian audiences love tenor Vittorio Grigolo, no matter what. A self-confessed (to Vogue ) “sex addict” and happy to say so, he is currently under investigation by the Royal Opera House for an onstage female groping … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra,  recently in the news in its search for a new home, has reached a four-year collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, good through the 2022-23 season. The players will be getting a raise for their 36 weeks … » Read

Lyric FM, the Limerick-based classical music radio station, is in danger of being shuttered by its owner, Ireland’s public-service broadcaster Raidio Teiligis Eireann (RTÉ). According to Dee Forbes, the company’s … » Read

The  Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), the only music school on the island of Zanzibar, is in trouble. The inability of almost 70 percent of the school’s 80 students to pay tuition (about $13 a month) has created a financial crisis … » Read

West London’s huge Olympia center, site of sprawling exhibitions and conventions, is due to get a £1bn ($1.25b) makeover. Recently approved development plans by the site’s owner YOO Capital and its project partner Deutsche … » Read

The struggle to maintain Westminster Choir College’s Princeton, NJ, location—not to mention its student body, faculty, reputation, and highly prestigious choruses—continues unabated. Rider University, which merged with … » Read