NEW YORK (AP) — Depression, rage, suicide: These are the dark ingredients of the last play written by Sarah Kane before she killed herself at age 28. Now an operatic version, as dazzling as it is disturbing, is having its U.S. premiere. … » Read

Billboard’s top ten best-selling “classical” albums of 2018 is, er, instructive. Topping the charts is Andrea Bocelli’s Si , described as a “celebration of love, family, faith, and hope” that features among its … » Read

One likely consequence of the 2017 Trump tax cut is a decline in charitable giving, estimated by one study to total from $13 to $20 billion, or 3 to 5 percent of the 2017 total of $410 billion. Half of all not-for-profit groups depend on … » Read

PARIS (AP) — The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, January 1, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago amid concerns that the … » Read

Boston-based chamber ensemble Sarasa often ventures outside the traditional concert hall to make music. Among its most satisfying efforts are the one-hour sessions at Department of Youth facilities for teens who have run afoul of the law. … » Read

The Vienna Phil is opening an academy to offer a two-year, fully subsidized training program for a dozen students ages 12 to 26. In addition to studying a traditional curriculum that mixes chamber music, private lessons, and performances with the … » Read

The musicians of the Baltimore Symphony, still in contract negotiations, have some new friends. A group of about 20 supporters has formed a “Save Our BSO” committee, which is urging management to “be more transparent” and … » Read

The new Cuban American Youth Orchestra (CAYO), inspired by the Minnesota Orchestra’s (MO) 2015 visit to Cuba, will make its inaugural appearance in Havana in May. The ensemble is the brainchild of Rena Kraut, a clarinetist who free-lances … » Read

Daniel Henninger is deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of “Wonder Land,” a weekly column appearing each Thursday. In his Dec. 27 offering, he  announces his latest musical creation, with tongue … » Read

HMV, Britain's last surviving national music retailer, is on the brink. For the second time in six years, it has filed for bankruptcy, affecting 2,200 staffers at 125 stores. Its owners called the "tsunami" of retail challenges impossible to … » Read