This year’s Prototype Festival, which runs January 9-19 at a number of different NYC venues, boasts six works, some of them premieres, all of them new, by no less than 23 composers and librettists. Self-described as exploring the … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra will become the first American symphony to perform at the Abu Dhabi Festival in the United Arab Emirates next March and April, one of a number of stops on what marks its 20 th international tour under Music Director Franz … » Read

Having enjoyed much box office success during the past two decades, it is hardly surprising that the Los Angeles Philharmonic would be approached to help save the Ford Theater. The 1200-seat venue, built in 1920, recently underwent a $72 million … » Read

The news that Marlboro College in Vermont is  closing and potentially merging with Emerson College in Boston, has prompted a letter to the Marlboro Music community from Christopher Serkin, Marlboro Music’s president and board chair and … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago is soon to get a major patron-friendly upgrade. Over the summer of 2020, the Ardis Krainik Theater will get new (and more comfortable) seats, restructured sightlines on the main floor, improved accessibility, and a … » Read

It was incredibly disheartening to read Susan Elliott’s piece on November 1 in Musical America on my recent inclusion in the League of American Orchestra’s Emerging Leader’s Program . I engaged in the program with a desire to … » Read

BOSTON—Last week’s “Leipzig Week in Boston” [see Part I of this story] offered a chance to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig’s Gewandhausorchester onstage in Symphony Hall, first individually and then … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera will hold a tribute to Jessye Norman on Nov. 24 that celebrates the life and career of the late soprano. Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Lise Davidsen, J’Nai Bridges, and Leah Hawkins are scheduled to perform, the company … » Read

An idea hatched on the West Coast has found its way to Cleveland. Founded by Chester and Rachel Englander, “Access Music” is modeled after “Street Symphony,” created in Los Angeles by violinist Vijay Gupta . Both programs … » Read

Lyndon Terracini, Opera Australia's artistic director for the past ten years—and just renewed for another three —has proven to be something of a miracle worker. During his tenure, attendance has tripled, from 200,000 tickets sold his … » Read