Following the lead of Covent Garden, the Teatro Real, and a number of other European houses, the Deutsche Oper Berlin has canceled planned performances by Plácido Domingo in 2020-21. He was to appear in Don Carlo , the opera with which he … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81. Tyner’s family confirmed the death in a statement released on social media … » Read

Statement from the Royal Opera House: "The Royal Opera House and Maestro ?Plácido Domingo have mutually decided that he will withdraw from the Royal Opera House’s upcoming performances of Don Carlo in July 2020. We would like to … » Read

The Washington Post has a new classical music critic as of March 9. He is Michael Brodeur, a.k.a. Michael Andor Brodeur. The Post describes him as “a writer, critic and editor who has worked most recently at the Boston Globe .” … » Read

Any thought that Recording Academy President/CEO Deborah Dugan might leave quietly after being fired on March 2, evaporated one day later, when her attorneys launched a barrage of new allegations against the organization. Placed on administrative … » Read

Patricia Barretto, president and CEO of Chicago’s Harris Theater, has died. The theater reports the cause was breast cancer. Ms. Barretto was 45 and had been in the job since 2017 , having worked her way up from VP of sales and marketing in … » Read

Sheri Greenawald, director of the San Francisco Opera Center, artistic director of SFO’s Merola Opera program for young artists, is to step down at the end of the year, after 18 years in the job. The company announced her retirement today. … » Read

Gena Buhler has resigned as executive and artistic director of Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House after five years. She will remain in her position until May 22, and has proposed continuing as a consultant to book events until her replacement is … » Read

VIENNA – Fresh from a triumphant debut as Richard Strauss’s Elektra at Vienna's Staatsoper, Christine Goerke has withdrawn from her planned Bayreuth Festival debut this summer as Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung.   … » Read

David Hallberg, star principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theater, is to be the new artistic director of the Australian Ballet. He succeeds David McAllister, who exits after two decades at the end of 2020. Hallberg’s … » Read