TEHRAN, Iran — Aficionados of Western classical music have carved out a niche for themselves in Iran, where cultural expression remains tightly controlled by strict rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And perhaps surprisingly, … » Read

André Previn’s final work, Penelope , will receive its world premiere at Tanglewood in a concert staging on July 24. Based on the character from Homer’s Odyssey , as created by librettist/playwright Tom Stoppard, the piece is … » Read

In a project that combines elements of the Barenboim-Said West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Carnegie Hall’s annual National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYOUSA), conductor Jan Latham-Koenig is launching the privately … » Read

The New York office of the Rotterdam-based Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has released plans to transform the 550,000square-foot Barbara Jordan Post Office in Houston into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces, and a … » Read

In a passionate opinion piece, The Week’s national correspondent Matthew Walther argues for the necessity of supporting America’s orchestras. “If we cannot make Wagner and Bruckner and Richard Strauss available to anyone who … » Read

Last March, the RIAA on behalf of major record labels filed suit against Charter Communications, claiming that, as an internet service provider (ISP), it does nothing to stop repeat copyright infringers from pirating titles in their respective … » Read

In Australia the struggle between those intent on ridding opera of any whiff of gender bias, sexism, or dramatized acts of violence against women and defenders of the traditional repertoire is now well underway. While agreeing that a conversation … » Read

The recent revelation that the  disastrous 2008 fire at Universal Studios in Hollywood destroyed far more than was originally reported suggests that those running the entertainment business are far better at hype than they are at telling the … » Read

The Linde Center for Music and Learning officially opened at Tanglewood on Fri., June 28. The $40m project, a complex that includes three studio spaces and a café, reaffirms the organization’s 80-year commitment to three big … » Read

The standard opera repertoire is rarely kind to women. More often than not, sickness, a jealous lover or rival, suicide, or some other lethal agent has done in one or more sopranos (and occasionally some mezzos) by the time the curtain falls. … » Read