HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of Monster’s Paradise by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which features a gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable President-King, lampooning U.S. … » Read

The sudden announcement on Feb. 1 that DT would  close The Kennedy Center on July 4 th for a two-year renovation left many observers gobsmacked. “Was this a deliberate strategy of destruction,” asked Philip Kennicott in the … » Read

In what has become a regular occurrence, the San Antonio Philharmonic cancelled its upcoming concerts, on February 13 and 14. The move occurs against the backdrop of an ongoing legal battle between the orchestra and its landlord, Scottish Rite. … » Read

What if you strung together 10 eight-minute opera scenes by 10 composers, threw in one transgender, MacArthur Fellow-winning cabaret star, and put them all on stage at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music? The result would be Complications in … » Read

Among classical music audiences, opera-goers are surely the least constrained when it comes to making noise. Shouts of “bravo,” “brava,” and “bravi,” when voiced at the right moment, can be “seen as … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since … » Read

Parma Recordings has added MSR Classics to its roster of labels that already includes Navona, Ravello, Big Round, Ansonica, and Albany. With the addition of MSR’s catalogue (about 800 releases), The New Hampshire-headquartered Parma (with … » Read

A coalition of music publishers including Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music are suing AI company Anthropic for more than $3 billion in what may be the largest non-class action copyright case ever filed in the … » Read

Four American chamber works of contrasting styles will open the Chamber Music Society’s 2026-27 season on October 13, 2026, in a program designed to honor the nation’s 250 th . First up are three of William Bolcom’s most popular … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel is certainly getting a hero’s welcome as he becomes music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic next season. Tuesday night, he led the orchestra in his (and its) debut at Radio City Music Hall, complete with … » Read