WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera , Grounded is ready to take flight. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, Grounded tells the story of an F-16 fighter … » Read

In 2014 Joel Thompson, “emotionally broken” after Eric Garner died at the hands of a New York City police officer, began to compose Seven Last Words of the Unarmed . He created a table with the seven last sayings of Christ on the … » Read

Sadly for those not in the know, because it is long sold out, Les Arts Florissants’s magical new staging of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen comes to Alice Tully Hall on November 2. It represents the sole U.S. stop on an otherwise … » Read

Far from the Bronx, where hip-hop was born a half-century ago, the French-Algerian choreographer Mourad Merzouki [pictured] keeps collaboration—the essential spirit of hip-hop—alive. Originally created by turntable musicians, dancers … » Read

Ongoing turmoil at the governance level of the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity led the Alberta government’s Advanced Education Minister Rajan Sawhney to replace all of the Center’s board of directors with a single administrator. … » Read

When an opera’s main character is both paralyzed and speechless, it takes considerable imagination to bring the story to life. Composer Joby Talbot [pictured] and librettist Gene Scheer are set to meet the challenge with The Diving Bell and … » Read

In 2003 Hubie Jones, a civic leader committed to addressing social problems facing Boston’s underserved children and communities, founded the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC). The intervening decades have seen BCC grow to include ten … » Read

Paul Wiancko, newly arrived cellist of the Kronos Quartet, has been chosen to succeed the late Geoff Nuttall as director of the chamber music series at the Spoleto Festival USA. Wiancko, also a composer, is a founding member of the viola and … » Read

The Miami-based Florida Grand Opera has tapped Maria Todaro to serve as interim general director through the upcoming 2023–24 Season. She succeeds Susan Danis , who resigned in September 2023 after 11 years in the post. Reports suggest that … » Read

Violinist Gidon Kremer has been awarded the 2023 Beethoven Prize for Human Rights , honoring his work on behalf of social justice. Scheduled to receive the award at a ceremony in Bonn on Nov. 19, the 76-year-old Latvian artist has consistently … » Read