SEATTLE: The Seattle Opera, new production, Aug. 5-Aug. 26, 2001 NEW YORK: The Metropolitan Opera, revival, spring of 2004 CHICAGO: The Lyric Opera, revival, April 2005 LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Opera, new production, spring or summer 2005 … » Read

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- An offstage feud is producing discord in the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. The symphony's executive director resigned last month after musicians threatened to walk out. That triggered resignations from the president … » Read

JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli parliamentary committee on Tuesday urged the country's cultural bodies to boycott conductor Daniel Barenboim for performing music by Hitler's favorite composer at Israel's premier cultural event. Barenboim, a Jew who … » Read

BERLIN -- This week's almost coincidental openings of both the Salzburg and Bayreuth festivals have not only all cultural central Europe in a tizzy, but also the international jet set that can afford the astronomical ticket prices that so … » Read

In Defense of Classical Music in Brazil To the Editor: After reading your report about the difficulties involved in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra tour of South America [ MusicalAmerica.com linked to an article published in the Post-Gazette, … » Read

LONDON -- A revealing interview with artistic director Valery Gergiev in the Guardian explores the reasons behind the Kirov Opera’s recent disastrous visit to Covent Garden. Even after the close of the all-Verdi run of six operas and the Requiem, … » Read

[The following was released to the U.S. and European media yesterday afternoon and received by MusicalAmerica.com from the Detroit Symphony offices this morning.] Maestro Neeme Järvi was admitted to the hospital July 9th in Tallinn, Estonia with … » Read

DENTON, Texas (AP) -- Charles Yates was visiting a library in composer Giacomo Puccini's hometown when he stumbled onto something that set his heart racing. Amid the record of Puccini's life and works, Yates found an unpublished manuscript for a … » Read

HONG KONG – Onetime Hong Kong Sinfonietta director Henry Yu has been arrested for stealing $6.2 million from the orchestra and for falsifying accounting records, according to Hong Kong iMail. “Between July 1993 and April 1999, Yu issued a number … » Read

ATHENS -- While Beijing celebrates landing the 2008 Olympics, the city that started it all is busy preparing for the 2004 Games, which will have their share of cultural action, too. Athens is off to a good start. For while its culture is most … » Read