LOS ANGELES—Walt Disney Concert Hall is “not an opera house”—as its architect Frank Gehry is quick to point out—but that hasn’t stopped the Los Angeles Philharmonic from trying to make it simulate one. Over its … » Read

“Opera Fusion: New Works,” a unique collaboration between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, has made the Queen City a key locale for the development of contemporary opera. Established in … » Read

In what appears on the face of it a win-win idea, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has joined forces with Sistema Toronto, whereby selected musicians of the former will serve as teaching artists to students of the latter, many of them from … » Read

The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) will move some of its operations to the Masonic Temple, a 56,000 sq. ft historic building currently under renovation. TAPA’s members—which include the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

German-Japanese conductor Jun Märkl—music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, principal guest of the Oregon Symphony, and recently named chief conductor of the Residentie Orkest—will add the Indianapolis … » Read

The personnel changes at the Cincinnati May Festival continue, parallel with the departure of Louis Langrée as music director of the May Festival’s mothership, the Cincinnati Symphony. Robert Porco announced last year that the 2024 … » Read

To hear her tell it, Angela Gheorghiu’s status as one of the world’s leading sopranos is the result of a combination of fairy dust, liberally sprinkled upon her birth, and “work, work, work.” Her position in the operatic … » Read

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has entered into negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on behalf of Hollywood musicians, who are seeking residuals for streaming and protections from … » Read

The restoration and preservation of a historic structure is neither easy nor inexpensive. That harsh reality currently confronts a group of Pittsburgh residents intent on saving the National Opera House, a 19 th -century mansion in Homewood that … » Read

After a six-year period of turmoil, the Oregon Bach Festival OBF) is on the verge of re-establishing stable artistic leadership. The sad saga of one of the nation’s premier celebrations of the music of Bach and those he influenced began in … » Read