With an annual budget over $300 million for nearly 200 performances per season, the Metropolitan Opera is the nation’s largest performing arts institution. Its recent struggles—declining attendance, extra drawdowns from its endowment, … » Read

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies are gigantic in scope, “visceral and overwhelming,” writes pianist Julius Drake, embodying the composer’s belief that they “must contain everything.” His 50 or so songs, on the other … » Read

NEW YORK -- Poet Marie Howe, one of this year's winners of the Pulitzer Prize , says being a writer is often less a career than a vocation. You rely on teaching and other outside work and seek support from foundations or from a government agency, … » Read

South Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung has been announced to succeed Riccardo Chailly as music director of Teatro alla Scala from the end of 2026, when Chailly exits, until 2030.  Chung, 72, has been closely associated with La Scala since … » Read

Donald Trump’s planned elimination of  federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has prompted strong objections from … » Read

It’s an Aix-en-Provence tradition for a major visiting ensemble to perform Bach’s sacred music on Easter Day. They usually opt for one of the great epics; however, this year Easter Festival welcomed regular visitors Les Talens … » Read

In early May scores of arts organizations received emailed letters informing them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were being terminated because their missions were no longer aligned with Trump administration priorities … » Read

Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee is the 2025 winner of the Richard Tucker Award. Selected by conferral rather than audition, the winner receives a $50,000 cash prize as well as the ongoing support of the Tucker family and foundation. Brownlee, a … » Read

The Trump-installed CEO of Kennedy Center is starting his own blacklist. The first names on it will be the ten or so cast members in the Center's run of Les Misérables who have refused to perform at the June 11 gala celebrating Trump's … » Read

LONDON— The Excursions of Mr. Broucek has long been the sleeper among Janácek’s mature stage works, so it was heartening to see the London Symphony Orchestra include it as part of their ongoing series of the composer’s … » Read