When Wayne Brown retired as president and CEO of the Detroit Opera at the close of 2023, he ended his long and accomplished career in the city where it had begun five decades ago. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan with a major in … » Read

On Jan. 4 the choristers of the English National Opera began voting on whether or not to strike or take other labor action in their dispute over pay. “Equity’s members cannot accept the devastating contract cuts which are being … » Read

South Korean bass Stephano Park has signed with his first management company, Intermusica. Park won the men’s first prize of the Operalia Competition last November in Cape Town, South Africa. He has been a member of the Wiener Staatsoper … » Read

The recent news that Music & Event Management, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), is purchasing Coney Island, the city’s 137-year-old amusement park, with an eye toward spending $118 million to … » Read

Esteban Salas y Castro, a humble priest, is today widely considered to be Cuba’s first native composer. Born in Havana on Christmas Day 1725, he would spend much of his life in Santiago de Cuba, on the island’s eastern end, working in … » Read

The recent announcement of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative by Secretary of State Antony Blinken represents a reboot of a decades-old strategy by the U.S. to use music as a means of transcending political and geographical borders. It first … » Read

Alice Parker, whose choral compositions and arrangements have long been a staple of the repertoire for ensembles ranging from high school glee clubs to church choirs to professional choruses, died on December 24. She was 98. A native New … » Read

The barbaric attack by Hamas in early October has mobilized Israelis of all stripes. For the musicians of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, whose scheduled performances in October and November were cancelled, the call to action initially meant … » Read

Apart from fund-raising, the New York Philharmonic’s annual Spring Gala appears to have missions to accomplish and messages to deliver: The centennial of its trademark Young People’s Concerts; the propensity for music education of its … » Read

The pandemic wreaked havoc with audience behavior in the performing arts across the U.S. The forced abandonment of live performances for a year or more, combined with the explosion of streaming services, served to gut post-pandemic subscriptions … » Read