When Champion has its company premiere at the Metropolitan Opera tonight, patrons accustomed to sword battles, duels with pistols, poisonings, and thunderbolts from the gods will for the first time witness fisticuffs. Terence Blanchard and … » Read

The recent award of an Olivier Award (the U.K.’s equivalent to a Tony) to the Royal Opera House’s new production of Handel’s Alcina offered the show’s designer Anthony McDonald and its director Oliver Mears the opportunity … » Read

The Lubbock (TX) Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Lubbock Chamber Orchestra (LCO) have joined forces, with the latter now folding into the former while maintaining its conductor, Eric Allen. The LCO, with an annual budget of $50,000 and only two … » Read

On December 3, 1960, Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot began a run of 873 performances, with a luminous cast that included Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet. Soon (and still) associated with the youthful vigor and glamour of the … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—When Terence Blanchard’s  Fire Shut Up in My Bones proved a sell-out hit at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021, General Manager Peter Gelb wasted no time lining up the composer’s other opera for the current … » Read

Kevin Chen won first prize at the 17 th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, held in Tel Aviv from March 14 to April 1. This marks the second major competition win for the 18-year-old Canadian, who took first prize at the 76 … » Read

One of the most felicitous results of the classical music world’s push to expand the repertoire has been the rediscovery of long-forgotten composers such as Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint George. Born the son of a French planter and an … » Read

Two of New York’s most imaginative music organizations have announced the exits of their executive directors. Eric Einhorn , cofounder and general and artistic director of On Site Opera will step down at the end of the calendar year after … » Read

San Diego Opera has cancelled the local premiere of The Falling and the Rising , a 2018 opera by Zach Redler and Jerre Dye, scheduled for May 12 and 13, 2023. A co-commission with the U.S. Army Field Band and a number of opera companies, … » Read

On May 31, 1926, the Hamburg Philharmonic arrived in Reykjavík for a 17-day, 14-concert tour, described at the time as “the greatest event in the history of the arts in this country.” The introduction of classical music came … » Read