In the latest piece of egregious political flattery, Republican lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee carried a July 22 vote to name the Kennedy Center opera theater after First Lady Melania Trump. The move was part of a wider spending … » Read

In tandem with her recent decision to shift four of New York’s most influential arts voices away from their respective beats, The New York Times Culture Editor Sia Michel has also announced that the popular classical news reporter Javier C. … » Read

The Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper) has rescinded its invitation to José Cura to direct a production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes due to open this September. The Argentine tenor, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut in … » Read

Concert Artists Guild (CAG), a nonprofit organization that has helped launched the careers of countless young musicians, has announced that it will make major changes to its new artist selection process ahead of its 75th anniversary season next … » Read

Dr. Scott Hanenberg and Dr. Caitlin Martinkus are the latest to have quit the troubled Cleveland Institute of Music, with both of them joining the Penn State School of Music from Fall 2025. The couple joined CIM as recently as 2023 in roles as … » Read

Chamber Music America has announced a new grant program in direct response to the Trump Administration’s recent gutting of funds for the National Endowment for the Arts. Together with the Sewell Family Foundation, it aims to provide $75,000 … » Read

LONDON—The venerable BBC Proms season launched last week promising plenty of new music to offset the familiar staples. This July 21 concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall was a typical example, with a first half given over to Tom … » Read

The University of Michigan has fired Scott Piper, an operatic tenor who taught voice for several years in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. The former associate professor was first accused of violating sexual harassment policies in … » Read

Matthias Rädel has been named as the new general manager of the Bayreuth Festival following a meeting of the organization’s administrative board. It concludes an extensive search for the onetime Wagner family concern and was announced … » Read

Roger Norrington, a pioneer of historically informed performance practice, or HIP, has died at his home near Exeter in Devon. He was 91. Over the years he courted controversy for his determined and sometimes dogmatic approach to tempi and his … » Read