In a heavy-handed move consistent with Art Council England’s (ACE) response to critics of its deep cuts to U.K. opera companies announced in late 2022, Sir Nicholas Serota, ACE’s chairman, threatened to "review" a £3.2 million … » Read

The City of Sydney has unveiled the draft Cultural Strategy for 2025–2035, a $20 million plan to “retain, rebuild and reimagine” the arts and culture scene in Australia’s largest city. Among the key proposals intended to … » Read

LONDON—While Bernstein’s Candide (1956) is a musical that aspires to be an operetta, Franz Léhar’s Die Lustige Witwe (1905) looks in the opposite direction. Operetta, musical… what’s in a name? It’s a … » Read

Gabriel van Aalst has submitted his resignation as president and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony, effective in September. With the orchestra since 2016, Van Aalst will assume the same responsibilities at Dayton Live, which serves Ohio’s … » Read

Although completely consistent with his political “brand,” Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of the $32 million grant program of the state’s Division of Arts and Culture, which would have supported as many as 663 arts and … » Read

Noting that her heart was “overflowing with gratitude,” soprano Christine Goerke in a Facebook post bid farewell to the Detroit Opera from her three-year stint as associate artistic director. In a relationship dating back to the early … » Read

The TAWANI Foundation has announced a multiyear, $10 million gift to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The gift, which includes a $5 million challenge grant, will support SEMPRE ALWAYS: The Campaign for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera made partial amends for the absence from its stage this season of two outstanding female singers previously active there, soprano Lisette Oropesa and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca. The two were featured in two Carnegie Hall … » Read

Intermusica management has moved Nathan Morrison from the position of associate director of vocal & opera to head of vocal & opera, a title that also lands him on the board of directors. Morrison, who joined the firm in 2022 from rival … » Read

As one of the world’s classical music capitals, New York boosts a rich trove of musical institutions and venues. Sadly, notes Paul Jacobs, the Grammy Award-winning organist and chair of Juilliard’s organ department, the one thing it … » Read