The decision by London’s National Theater to end its sponsorship by Shell next year makes it the latest high-profile cultural institution to sever ties with the fossil fuel industry; last week the Royal Shakespeare Company did the same, … » Read

Lincoln Center plans to experiment with Yondr for selected  cell-phone-free performances during its 10 th White Lights Festival, which begins Oct. 19 and extends through Nov. 24. Before taking their seats, audience members will place their … » Read

Minnesota Orchestra is off to exotic climes once again, this time heading to South Korea and Vietnam in June, where it will perform in Hanoi to honor the 25 th anniversary of restored relations with the U.S. They’ll also play in Ho Chi Minh … » Read

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