LONDON--Hot on the heels of Katie Mitchell’s interventionist take on Janácek’s The Makropulos Case for the Royal Ballet and Opera, audiences were treated to a January 13 concert performance at the Barbican Centre. Part of the … » Read

In recent years Samuel Barber’s Vanessa has been enjoying a renascence. Premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, the opera won a Pulitzer Prize for Music that year and was also performed at the Salzburg Festival. But by the 1960s, the … » Read

Good news in the universe of American arts and culture has been in short supply during the current administration, but Jan. 8 brought some when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in support of several funding measures. The National … » Read

Taiwanese conductor Chi-Yuan Lin, currently enrolled in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, has been chosen as recipient of the 2026-28 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), which includes $30,000 and coaching from industry … » Read

As of today, the Iceland Opera, re-established in July as part of the country’s National Theater, welcomes its new chief in Finnur Bjarnason , announced earlier this week by the Minister of Culture to a five-year term. A tenor of … » Read

The Park Avenue Armory would seem to have found the perfect match in British director Deborah Warner, who arrives this month to succeed the late Pierre Audi as artistic director. Known in her opera stagings to pull no punches and to take on the … » Read

John Luther Adams initially set out to be an environmental activist, but fairly soon concluded that a life devoted to art could matter just as much.  Today, he is one of the world’s most important living composers. His orchestral piece … » Read

William Powers is to be general director of Pittsburgh Opera beginning in July, at the conclusion of the current season. He succeeds Christopher Hahn, who last year announced his intention to retire after 18 years in the position. Powers is no … » Read

The New York-based Gibney Company has announced a five-year artistic partnership with Lucina Childs, to be resident choreographer from 2026 through 2030. The 85-year-old post-modern dancer and choreographer has worked with the company in the … » Read

Music lies at the core of Hildegard , the new opera that arrived in New York on January 9, the first of four PROTOTYPE Festival performances. Sarah Kirkland Snider, its composer, wrote the libretto with the aim of developing the music and text … » Read