A well-sourced article in the Washington Post makes the case that the Washington National Opera’s abrupt departure from The Kennedy Center, announced in early January, was the result of truly artful maneuvering by Artistic Director … » Read

The Church of England is underwriting the launch of “The Choir Project” by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) to the tune of £400,000.  Although there were 207 cathedral choirs in England in 2024, a record number, … » Read

The 69 th season of The Dallas Opera (TDO) features four mainstage productions— The Elixir of Love , The Cunning Little Vixen , Turandot , and Lohengrin —as well as two family operas— The Little Prince and The Bremen Town … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO )  appears to be spreading its programming wings in 2026–27 season, opening with a jazz gala on September 25 with Music Director Jonathon Heyward and the orchestra spotlighting jazz vocalist Samara … » Read

Concert Artists Guild, an artist management and booking organization whose 25-to-30-member roster is comprised of selected-through-audition young artists, has entered into a partnership with the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), whereby conductors … » Read

Classical California, the result of this past summer’s consolidation of classical music stations KUSC and KDFC in Los Angeles and the Bay area, is about to extend its reach statewide. Nine additional stations will now operate under a single … » Read

Washington National Opera (WNO) has added two new venues to its previously announced collaboration with Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University. The Lyric Baltimore and the Music Center at Strathmore will successively host five … » Read

A January performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski served as a reminder for The Guardian’ s Tom Service that the war in Ukraine “is more terrifying and more confronting precisely because it has become a … » Read

The 2026-27 season at the Metropolitan Opera boasts 17 productions, one of them a world premiere, four of them new to the house, and the rest revivals. Before the pandemic, the company offered about 25 productions per season. In fact 2026-27 has … » Read

The Carmel Bach Festival (CBF) has unveiled its 89th summer season, running July 11-25 in a number of venues in and around Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. “Our theme, the nature of sound, invites us to listen more deeply,” said CBF Artistic … » Read