James Higdon, the Dane and Polly Bales Professor of Organ at the University of Kansas School of Music, has an update on the status of Les Grandes Orgues (the Grand Organ) of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Higdon has given five recitals on the organ, … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra plans to donate the proceeds of an upcoming concert in Berlin to the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral. The Paris landmark was badly damaged in a fire on Monday. Berlin Cathedral, which is hosting the May 2 … » Read

PARIS — Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof but spared its bell towers. What remained was a … » Read

SAN DIEGO—For most of its 50-year existence, the La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) has had as its principal performing venue the Sherwood Auditorium, a 492-seat space owned by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. By common consent, the … » Read

Five years ago, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma was tens of thousands of euros in debt, on the verge of bankruptcy, and plagued by frequent labor disputes. Since that low point, the company has undergone a near miraculous turnaround. Between … » Read

Opéra de Montréal and Tech3Lab, an applied research company, are collaborating on a study to determine the differences in audience reactions to experiencing a live opera performance and seeing an HD broadcast of the same opera in a … » Read

The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has won a bronze medal at the New York Festivals Television & Film Awards for its gospel-inflected opera A Gathering of Sons, with music by Dwayne Fulton (he is a Baptist Church Music Minister) and librettist … » Read

The OPERA America grants total $1.4 million and underwrite such projects as community inclusivity and accessibility; new business strategies; performances that use immersive technology; professional development programs; and new commissioning … » Read

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is a staple of the American musical theater. Since its New York premiere in March 1943, it has been revived five times on Broadway and on average shows up annually around 300 times in high school and … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has moved Titus Underwood [pictured] from his two-year stint as acting principal oboe to principal. Underwood, formerly with the Utah Symphony as acting associate principal, holds a master’s degree from Juilliard and … » Read