DETROIT (AP)—Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of Così fan tutte to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO. It’s Mozart meets Artificial … » Read

PARIS (AP)—Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. The Paris Opera said Wednesday the production will run from Jan. 26 to Feb. 27 at the Palais Garnier and will … » Read

LONDON (AP)—Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London's Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini's Tosca that starts Jakub Hruša's tenure as music director. She is to sing four … » Read

Opera Philadelphia’s 2025-26 season, the first curated by General Director and President Anthony Roth Costanzo, is filled with invention and daring, with nary an operatic warhorse in sight. The menu includes world premieres from 11 … » Read

LONDON—It is unfortunate that a ticketing oversight at Wigmore Hall led to my experiencing this recital from the back row, seated behind two substantial patrons who completely obstructed my view of Joyce DiDonato’s moving performance. … » Read

The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, which claim to be “the oldest continuously running free outdoor classical concert series in the world,” has appointed a new executive director in Anthony Bracewell. Longtime president Christopher … » Read

Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to advance legislation—the No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act (H.R. 2443)—that would effectively end federal funding for both National Public Radio and the … » Read

Before the middle decades of the 20 th century, no role in the world of classical music was less appreciated than that of piano accompanist. “Trained to be unnoticeable… [the accompanist was] schooled in self-effacement,” … » Read

Abigail Raiford failed to nab top honors at the  Met Opera’s Laffont Competition Finals Concert on March 16, but when she stepped on the storied stage to accept her runner-up prize (there were four, out of the nine finalists), the … » Read

An encounter near the Beethoven statue in Los Angeles’s Pershing Square 20 years ago changed the lives of both Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers. Lopez was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times , and Ayers a Cleveland-born musical prodigy and … » Read