Teatro Nuovo’s 2025 Bel Canto Festival will feature two performances each of the original 1847 version of Verdi's Macbeth (July 19, 23) and Bellini's La Sonnambula (July 20, 24). The company's renowned period-instrument orchestra will … » Read

The Lancaster Festival, an outdoor ten-day extravaganza of mostly free concerts in Lancaster, OH, has named John Devlin, music director of the Wheeling (WVa) Symphony, to succeed Gary Sheldon as music director. The Festival presented its first … » Read

The Ravinia Festival has launched a major, multiyear renovation of its 36-acre Highland Park site and venues. Major gifts of $10 million from the Hunter Family Foundation and $21 million from The Negaunee Foundation have fueled a $75 million … » Read

Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, is to join the Colburn Conservatory and Music Academy next season for two years as professor of flute. He will be succeeding Jim Walker who retires at the end of the current semester after … » Read

Lourdes Lopez is to exit the Miami City Ballet as artistic director at the conclusion of the current season, two years before the end of her contract. The former New York City Ballet star will have been with MCB for 13 years. She is credited with … » Read

In order to comply with a recent executive order from President Trump, PBS has closed its diversity, equity and inclusion office. “The staff members who served in that office are leaving PBS,” a spokesman for the broadcaster announced … » Read

German conductor Marc Albrecht is to be the next chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra starting in September 2026. He succeeds Elim Chan, in the job from 2019 to 2024. Albrecht, 61, takes the title designate in the meantime and next … » Read

The Trump administration’s blitzkrieg assaults on the Kennedy Center and on DEI policies have captured the public imagination. But as Philip Kennicott explains in the Washington Post , these brash moves may represent only the opening salvos … » Read

In an inspired move, Carnegie Hall will open its 2025-26 season with its own orchestra—namely, the NYO-USA All-Stars, all of them alumni of the program launched over ten years ago that has spawned thousands of budding young musicians. … » Read

In response to the Trump administration’s ruling all DEI initiatives out of bounds, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced it is ending the Challenge America program for fiscal year 2026. The grants, capped at $10,000, were … » Read