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

The theater in Duisburg, Germany, that is home to Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Ballett am Rhein, the Schauspiel, and the Duisburg Philharmonic was the victim of a faulty sprinkler system last weekend and, according to WDR , was flooded by 80,000 … » Read

The German orchestral scene has long been viewed by industry insiders with envy. The country’s more than 100 orchestras are recognized by UNESCO as an “intangible cultural heritage” and receive generous public subsidies. There … » Read

VIENNA - The ballet academy at Vienna's State Opera was hit Wednesday by allegations of serious physical and mental abuse against its students, as well as sexual assault. The weekly Falter newspaper published findings of a detailed investigation … » Read

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian State Opera has asked the nearly all-white cast for its production of Porgy and Bess to self-identify as African American. The Hungarian performers were asked to sign a statement declaring that … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has cancelled all of its presentations from April 10-23, due to the musicians’ strike. The players have rejected the CSO’s “last, best, and final” offer . Cancelled or postponed productions … » Read

Chicago Symphony musicians Monday night rejected the "last, best, and final" offer made by management. Negotiations had picked up again last Friday and continued through the weekend, this time with a mediator, but apparently to no avail. The … » Read