MADRID (AP) — Plácido Domingo announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer’s illness comes after his own glittering career had recently been stained by sexual misconduct … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Superstar Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps opera employees in crisis, the … » Read

Violinist Jennifer Koh reports that it is difficult for classical musicians to monetize streaming. Most of their income comes from live performances. As such, her finances are shaky. “I just have fees coming in from performances I did. If … » Read

Violinist Yi-Wen Jiang has resigned from the Shanghai Quartet, responding to pressure from remarks he posted on WeChat, calling Chinese people (pig in emoji). WeChat is a popular social media app in the Chinese community, Jiang’s … » Read

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, principal flute of the the Boston Symphony for nearly 40 years and the second woman ever to hold a principal chair in a major orchestra, died on March 14 in Lawrence, Kansas. She was 98. Her daughter Arienne Dwyer, said the … » Read

NEW YORK -- Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue—from the living room of DiDonato's Manhattan apartment. The American mezzo-soprano and Polish tenor had been scheduled to star in … » Read

New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has chosen Gonzalo Casals, who currently leads the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in SoHo, as the city’s new cultural affairs commissioner. Lohman, who assumes the position on April 13, replaces Tom Finkelpearl, … » Read

NEW YORK — Charles Wuorinen, winner of th e 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music and composer of the operas B rokeback Mountain and Haroun and the Sea of Stories , died from injuries sustained in a fall last September. He was 81. Wuorinen, who … » Read

Anton Coppola, who enjoyed one of the longest careers as a conductor in modern times, died in Manhattan on Mar. 9 at age 102. A patriarch of the Coppola family, he was uncle to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actor Talia Shire, and great uncle … » Read

In response to growing criticism, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) has cut ties with conductor Stephen Lord, who had been scheduled to conduct La Traviata in the Spring of 2021. Lord has conducted at the COC four times over the last decade, most … » Read