Canadian Olympic gold medalist Samantha Quek learned a lesson at the opera the hard way. While attending a performance of Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor at the Vienna State Opera on February 18, she was asked to leave the hall after she … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2019-20 season announcement had barely made the rounds on the Web last week before social media was trumpeting another of its high-profile projects: performing at Sunday’s Academy Awards, as … » Read

As the prospect of a “no-deal” Brexit from the European Union (E.U.) grows ever more likely, U.K. arts organizations have been warned that they may lose access to the E.U.’s largest cultural funding program. March 2019 is likely … » Read

Directing Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera outdoors, against the backdrop of Sydney Harbor, poses special challenges and opportunities. In a recent interview, Francesca Zambello, director of the Glimmerglass Festival and the Washington … » Read

MILAN—At a press conference this week, La Scala announced that it was ramping up its international touring in 2019-20, with 60 performances scheduled in eight nations. Planned are company debuts in India and Saudi Arabia ( La traviata … » Read

The Symphony Orchestra of India launched its first UK tour earlier this week in London, and so far, so good. In his Guardian review, Andrew Clements declared it “already hugely competent.” The orchestra was only formed in 2006, after … » Read

In an example of art imitating life, The University of Michigan’s (UM) School of Music, Theater & Dance (SMTD) will be presenting a symposium and performance titled “Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Awareness and Prevention in … » Read

For its first presentation in nearly three decades of the Porgy and Bess , which opens the season on Sept. 23, the Met will hire an all-black chorus, just as it did the first time it mounted the Gershwins’ opera, in 1985. At the time, there … » Read

The New York City Opera’s (NYCO) world premiere of Stonewall continues the company’s Pride Initiative of offering a LGBTQ-focused work during Gay Pride Month each June. The opera, with music by Iain Bell, libretto by Pulitzer … » Read

The calendar for the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 season looks quite different from those in the past, thanks to the introduction of Sunday matinees, a first in the company’s history. A total of 16 are scheduled for next season, with … » Read