The Baltimore Symphony musicians’ four-month contract extension expired on January 15 and, according to the players, management “expressed no desire to extend the contract in writing.” However, there appears to be mutual … » Read

Kristine Opolais has withdrawn from Dvorák’s Stabat Mater , scheduled for performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra February 28-March 2 with Music Director Andris Nelsons, her former husband. She will, however, still sing the … » Read

The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) has announced the launch of the International Outreach Program (IOP). Intended to promote black classical musicians and to introduce culturally diverse performance opportunities … » Read

In their quest to draw new and younger audiences to classical music, many orchestras are exiting the concert hall to aggressively reach out to their communities. One such recent effort by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) illustrates both the … » Read

In the tug-of-war over the proposed sale of Westminster Choir College by Rider University to a Chinese firm for $56 million, at least one of the groups suing to block the sale--the Westminster Foundation--won a small victory on January 11 in New … » Read

“The Greatest Story Ever Told” reads the promotional blurb for the multi-million-pound musical Heaven and Earth , based on the story of Adam and Eve. But just weeks before the show was to open its run in the U.K., the project … » Read

According to year-end sales figures compiled by the Official Charts Company for BPI, the British Recorded Music Industry (equivalent to RIAA), sales of classical music in 2018 grew faster than those for any other genre—by 10 percent, as … » Read

The Greek National Opera (GNO) has received a $22.7 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to implement a four-year program that would help to raise the company’s international profile as well as fund its season-long … » Read

With Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) just a bit more than two months away and as yet undefined, the nation’s orchestras are growing increasingly alarmed. “They are particularly worried about the prospect of a no-deal … » Read

A coalition of arts institutions in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada have come together to reimagine Scott Joplin’s 1911 opera Treemonisha . The work, for which only piano and vocal scores exist, did not reach the stage until 1972 in Atlanta. … » Read