At first blush the separation seemed straightforward. The Washington National Opera (WNO) was leaving The Kenedy Center, intent on an “amicable separation.” And the Center’s leadership seemed only too happy to see the opera go. … » Read

North America’s first major international conducting competition will take place in June 2028, with applications and full schedules available next October. In a partnership with the Houston Symphony and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice … » Read

Vocal Arts DC has made good on its promise to reschedule the three programs it pulled out of the Kennedy Center earlier this week , citing the low attendance and donor issues many companies have had since the DT takeover.  Like the … » Read

Opera Montana, est. 1978, will offer its first world premiere commission next September, an adaptation of Norman Maclean’s 1976 semi-autobiographical book, A River Runs Through It.  Appropriate to, and in some cases set in, outdoor … » Read

In a dispute of operatic proportions, the production team of Bizet’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names stripped from programs over a restaging decision, and the company intends to bring back sets of a retired 2009 … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—In a well-designed recital that moved from Francis Poulenc settings of Federico Garcia Lorca’s knife-edged poetry and the death-haunted meditations of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe to a sampler of songs of … » Read

The victory of Lim Hyun-jae at the 2026 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition on Sunday, January 18 in Boca Raton, FL, represented more than a musical triumph. For the 28-year-old instrumentalist, it represented a pinnacle in her … » Read

Entering its 50 th -anniversary season, the Piedmont Opera has appointed Joseph Mechavich as general director, a post he has held at the Winston-Salem, NC, company on an interim basis for the past year. He succeeds James Allbritten, who resigned … » Read

British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason recently reported that the finger injury on his left hand has not healed sufficiently for him to get back to playing publicly until at least mid-March. An unspecified injury in November initially forced him to … » Read

Vocal Arts DC has joined the crowd. In this, its 35 th anniversary season, the esteemed presenter has been forced to cancel all remaining performances at the Kennedy Center for lack of ticket sales and donations, along with refund requests.  … » Read