Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts finds itself in the eye of a hurricane of bad news. On July 29, Kenneth Robinson, the head of the Dr. Phillips Charities, for whom the complex is named, resigned from the center’s … » Read

While travelers on the Baltimore Metro have been reluctant to play a piano recently installed for the public’s use in the Charles Center station, musicians from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) are showing no such reluctance. Locked … » Read

Much in the same way the announcement of a show closing is a surefire way to prompt a last-minute surge in ticket sales, the National Philharmonic has been saved from the shutdown it announced two weeks ago by a last-minute surge in donations. … » Read

Breaking the Waves , composer Missy Mazzoli [pictured] and librettist Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of Lars von Trier’s eponymous 1996 film, is the feature attraction of the West Edge Opera’s 2019 summer season. “I’m … » Read

Bayside Performance Park, the San Diego Symphony’s proposed $45 million permanent venue for outdoor concerts in Embarcadero Marina Park, moved another step closer to reality on July 24, when the Port of San Diego commissioners unanimously … » Read

Leadership at the Curtis Institute of Music is scrambling to control the damage resulting from a July 25 newspaper report on a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse by a teacher of a student . Violinist Lara St. John said Jascha Brodsky, a … » Read

In an opinion piece, Carol Bogash, a onetime senior executive at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, excoriates the management and board for the BSO’s financial problems. Bogash, board chair of the Washington Conservatory of Music and a … » Read

Germany’s thriving cultural community is one of the richest and most diverse in Europe. But rumblings from the far-right political party Alternative for Germany [AfD] pose a growing threat to its health. Anti-immigration has been the … » Read

On Aug. 1, the Merola Opera Program will present it’s first-ever commission—the world premiere of If I Were You by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. Nicole Paiement will conduct and Keturah Stickann direct a production … » Read

For the new production of the Ring in 2020, Bayreuth Festival Director Katharina Wagner is turning to the younger generation, choosing Austrian director Valentin Schwarz [pictured], 32, to stage it and Finnish maestro Pietari Inkinen, 40, to … » Read