The success of its 2015 presentation of Bel Canto , the opera based on Anne Patchett’s novel, with music by Jimmy López and libretto by Nilo Cruz, led the Lyric Opera of Chicago to decide that each future season would include a … » Read

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will present two complete Ring cycles in the space of two weeks, beginning in late January 2021. The performances will mark the swansong for Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski, in … » Read

The Lucerne Festival 2020, which runs August 13-September 20, has chosen as its central theme, “Joy,” as inspired by the 250th anniversary of Beethoven. Among the highlights of the venerable Swiss event, Rebecca Saunders has been … » Read

Almost 400 musicians have signed a public letter pledging to sever their business ties with Amazon’s Web Services subsidiary (AWS), which counts government agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border … » Read

Spoleto Festival USA 2020's new opera, based on the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said , an enslaved African Muslim, is to be titled Omar . A well-educated man before his enslavement, Said wrote his autobiography—in Arabic—in 1831. He was … » Read

Despite last season’s seven-week strike, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has put a positive spin on it’s the results of its latest fiscal year.  A report issued at the orchestra’s annual meeting on Oct. 23 shows total … » Read

JoAnn Falletta will celebrate her 20 th anniversary as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic by staying another five years—through the 2025-26 season. The first woman to become music director of a major-budget-category orchestra, she … » Read

Its one down, and two to go at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando. On Tuesday, after months of sometimes acrimonious negotiations , the Orlando Ballet and the Center announced they had reached a multi-year rental agreement … » Read

For nearly two decades, the conventional wisdom in the classical music world held that in order to avoid gender bias, prospective orchestra members needed to audition behind a screen. Based on four decades of data from eight leading orchestras, … » Read

PARIS--Top architect Jean Nouvel is suing one of his former clients, the Philharmonie concert hall in Paris, in a dispute over the cost of building the venue, which opened in 2015. In a complaint filed in the Paris court on October 14, his … » Read