Wayne Shorter, the legendary composer and jazz saxophonist, completed his last composition—the opera ...(Iphigenia) —in 2021, reliant on a team of artists who worked with him to see the work through to its premiere in California in … » Read

Franco Zeffirelli's 1987 staging of Turandot is the Metropolitan Opera’s most lavish production, with an imperial throne, glittery costumes, and 199 people onstage at one time. Last night, however, it was reduced to minimum proportions, … » Read

Four operas and six dance programs will comprise the Detroit Opera’s 2024-25 season. The former include Verdi’s La Traviata , Handel’s Rinaldo , Mozart’s Così fan tutte , and Anthony Davis’s The Central Park … » Read

KETCHUM, Idaho—In the 1930s, an ingenious combination of marketing and new technology (the design of modern chairlifts) transformed this former mining town and sheep-farming center into the country’s first destination ski … » Read

In unveiling the 2024-25 season, the New York Philharmonic continues to herald the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel as its next music director, even though his tenure doesn’t begin until the fall of 2026. Next season has him on the podium for … » Read

The stench emanating from Arts Council England’s decision in November 2022 to dramatically cut funding for the nation’s leading opera companies refuses to dissipate, due in no small part to the agency’s  continuing assault … » Read

The Los Angeles-based American Youth Symphony pulled the plug last week after a 59-year run. “Despite our best efforts, the challenges of maintaining our operations have become insurmountable,” said Board Chairman Kevin Dretzka in a … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will launch its 80 th season, its third with Nathalie Stutzmann as music director, on Sept. 19 with her reading of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Titan , and cellist Edgar Moreau playing Schumann’s Cello … » Read

The inaugural Philadelphia Organ Festival, which kicks off on March 15 and extends through March 23, features nine concerts around a city that is said to have 830 purpose-built sacred places, most of which would have had a pipe organ. The … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra, the longest continuously operating orchestra in Florida, is celebrating its 75 th anniversary. Organized by amateurs and musical students, the Florida West Coast Symphony (FWCS), as it was initially known, gave its first … » Read