NEW YORK (AP)--Terence Blanchard, the first Black composer whose work has been heard at the Metropolitan Opera, will be given a yearlong celebration at Lincoln Center starting in March. The Met, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Film … » Read

NEW YORK — The Met Opera will not launch Richard Jones’s new staging of the Ring in 2025. The coproduction with the English National Opera, which the Met announced in February 2021, is endangered now that ENO’s funding has … » Read

On the heels of its 61 st season of successful artistic risk-taking, and a healthy return from the pandemic shutdown, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music will lose its longtime Power Behind the Throne. Ellen Primack is to step down as … » Read

After weeks of criticism from industry and government insiders, as well as the public, Arts Council England (ACE) has blinked, announcing that it would restore 91 percent—£11.46mn ($14.1mn)--in National Lottery funding to English … » Read

Soprano Melody Moore is to be the new artistic administrator of the San Diego Opera, reporting to General Director David Bennett and succeeding not one but two individuals: Dominic Domingo, now a senior agent at Askonas Holt, and Jordanna Rose, … » Read

Rumors of the impending death of classical music due in part to the lack of interest among younger listeners have apparently been greatly exaggerated. A survey by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, published in December 2022, discovered that 74 … » Read

LONDON--Last year, the Irish National Opera (INO) production of Vivaldi’s Bajazet —the first opera by the Venetian composer to be staged at London’s Royal Opera House—won them multiple awards. This year, the same … » Read

Suicide-prevention warnings are now common in many quarters—even, apparently, opera.  David Lang’s note to a friend premiered at the Prototype Festival, Jan. 12-15 (I attended the final performance) with one: “This … » Read

Cate Blanchett will doubtless win several well-deserved awards for her portrayal of conductor Lydia Tár in the eponymous film. The authenticity of her actions on the podium accounts in no small way for the strength of her performance. She … » Read

In The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music , Stephen Walsh has written a clear and insightful history of Romanticism in music. The author, an emeritus professor at Cardiff University, frames his study with what historians call … » Read