For the second year in a row, the Metropolitan Opera is dipping into its endowment s to cover operating expenses. Last year the company took $30 million; this year it will draw down as much as $40 million. While saying we “obviously … » Read

Apple Music Classical’s reach is growing, with the app now available in Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The company is calling on a starry roster of musical ambassadors from the region that includes, among others, 2022 … » Read

Singers and musicians at one of the UK's leading opera companies have called off a strike over pay and conditions, the performing arts union Equity said. Members of the English National Opera (ENO) chorus and orchestra had been due to walk out on … » Read

Ewa Podle s , the Polish contralto possessed of a three-octave-plus voice, died on Jan. 19 in Warsaw at age 71. Her voice, which she described as “like an alto in the lower range, like a soprano on top,” was likely more nature than … » Read

Elvis Evolution , an upcoming AI-driven attraction scheduled for November 2024 in the center of London, promises to demonstrate how technology can reshape our experience of a particular artist. Unlike standard hologram shows, Elvis will utilize … » Read

In what appears on the face of it a win-win idea, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has joined forces with Sistema Toronto, whereby selected musicians of the former will serve as teaching artists to students of the latter, many of them from … » Read

The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) will move some of its operations to the Masonic Temple, a 56,000 sq. ft historic building currently under renovation. TAPA’s members—which include the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

“Opera Fusion: New Works,” a unique collaboration between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, has made the Queen City a key locale for the development of contemporary opera. Established in … » Read

Andris Nelsons will extend his relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from its current period of ten years to ad infinitum, having signed an evergreen contract as its music director. Thus the current terms remain in place until one party … » Read

The restoration and preservation of a historic structure is neither easy nor inexpensive. That harsh reality currently confronts a group of Pittsburgh residents intent on saving the National Opera House, a 19 th -century mansion in Homewood that … » Read