Donald Trump, no fan of the arts, is unwittingly helping to preserve one of China’s threatened cultural treasures—the Cantonese opera. Trump on Show , a new opera by Edward Li Kui-ming, played to packed houses during a recent … » Read

The U.K. Court of Appeal has ruled that the Royal Opera House (ROH)  failed to take reasonable steps to protect the hearing of violist Christopher Goldscheider [pictured] during a 2012 rehearsal of Wagner's Die Walküre.   As a … » Read

All Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) concerts and ancillary events through April 30 have been cancelled, due to the ongoing strike by musicians. They presented a counteroffer to management’s “last, best, and final” … » Read

Over the next 50 years, tens of trillions of dollars will pass from one generation to the next. How much will find its ways to cultural institutions is a question engaging nonprofit leaders intent on sustaining their organizations. In 2018 the … » Read

In their desire to attract younger audiences with free or moderately priced tickets, are opera houses turning their backs on older devotees? Dame Esther Rantzen [pictured], a British television personality and founder of The Silver Line charity … » Read

Things are not looking good at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Last night the CSO Association (CSOA) issued a statement that a negotiating session on Tuesday had come to an impasse and that no further negotiations are scheduled. The statement: … » Read

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