After more than two decades, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) is trying to sever its relationship with Bardavon, the downtown Poughkeepsie opera house. When the orchestra, which is fully professional, encountered financial difficulties in the … » Read

It is an article of faith in the theater world that comedy is harder to effect that drama. Witness the attention to detail undergirding the Boston Early Music Festival’s (BEMF) production of John Frederick Lampe’s 1737 burlesque opera … » Read

Tom Philpott, acting co-director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, as well as director of planning for that organization, is to move to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in March as its director of artistic planning and partnerships. The … » Read

After nine years, David Pickard will step down as director after the 2024 edition of the BBC Proms. “By the end of next summer I will have planned and delivered nine Proms seasons,” he tells The Guardian , “and it feels like the … » Read

By an overwhelming vote of 91 to 8, the artistic workers at Opera Colorado approved the creation of a collective bargaining unit under the auspices of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). The vote in Denver is the first in several … » Read

Bradley Cooper’s Maestro , a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his more private marriage to Felicia Montealegre. … » Read

A census of nearly 6,000 U.K. musicians by Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union has found that three in ten professional musicians in the nation experience some degree of poor mental wellbeing. Those most impacted are students about to … » Read

Given their prohibitive costs, it’s a miracle opera pops up on disc as often as it does. This trio of new releases proves that not only is there life in the old dog yet, there’s more to be rediscovered by those prepared to dig. The … » Read

Oxford Brookes University has announced that it is closing its Music Department, in existence since 1979, despite the fact that a new performance is scheduled to open within the next year.  Students who began matriculating two months ago … » Read

The students and alumni of the New England Conservatory have recently been taking the competition world by storm. The NEC’s run of luck began in June a year ago, when Yunchan Lim took home the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International … » Read