The Detroit Opera is about to “poke the bear.” On May 10 it will present the first of three performances of Anthony Davis ’s 2019 opera The Central Park Five . Following the arrest of five young men for the assault of a female … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Kennedy Center has canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of … » Read

During the rehearsal period for Juilliard’s mounting of Dialogues des Carmelites , the federal government revoked the visa of a participating student. This encounter with the current administration might have been expected to lend a degree … » Read

British violinist Daniel Hope is to succeed pianist Wu Han as artistic advisor for Chamber Music at the Barns as of 2025-26. The series launches next fall at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, VA. Hope’s appointment … » Read

LONDON—If the opening concert of Multitudes , a ten-day multidisciplinary arts festival running at London’s Southbank Centre, was a seamless fusion of classical music and circus, the April 24 second night was a rather different kettle … » Read

Marin Alsop, in London preparing the world premiere of the orchestral version of Laura Karpman’s opera Balls about Billie Jean King’s 1973 tennis victory over Bobby Riggs, tells The Times (London) that she believes women conductors … » Read

The Kennedy Center is not only a performing arts venue of national and international repute; it is also a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, likely the Oval Office’s most articulate advocate for the arts in our nation’s … » Read

After 44 years, the Alexander String Quartet has decided to disband. Long a fixture in San Francisco, it will offer its final performance there on May 4, after which it will head to the East Coast for a series of final concerts. Formed in 1981 in … » Read

The Juilliard School says it plans to raise $550 million and make the school tuition-free for all students. Fund-raising has begun but has a long way to go—$180 million has been pledged, most of it from the board of directors. The school … » Read

From July 18 through September 13 the 2025 BBC Proms will feature 86 concerts in London, Bradford, Belfast, Bristol, and Gateshead. Fifteen female conductors, a record number that represents a marked improvement from a decade ago , will ascend … » Read