In Tokyo, the president of the Goethe Institute and a representative of the Japan Art Association announced the recipients of the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards, considered by many to be the “Nobel Prize of the Arts.” Presented since … » Read

The effort to ban Anna Netrebko from the world’s premier opera stages after Russia invaded Ukraine has never been fail-safe; she has since appeared at the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro alla Scala. Now the ban is showing … » Read

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says it agreed Sunday to a three-year contract with its musicians to replace the agreement that expired within hours of the new one on Sunday. The deal,  which has yet to be ratified by … » Read

The Florida Orchestra has promoted Chelsea Gallo [pictured] from assistant to resident conductor.  She will lead her first Masterworks Series concerts in the coming season; Gallo is principal guest conductor of the Orlando Philharmonic, a … » Read

Having restructured the executive team last fall, Menna Mark Hanna [pictured], who succeeded Nigel Redden as general director and CEO of the Spoleto Festival in 2021, is now moving on to matters artistic. Last week the festival announced the … » Read

For the next five years, the Komische Oper will open its season with a large-scale production in a hangar at Berlin’s downtown Tempelhof airport, which ceased operations 15 years ago. The choice of such an unusual venue is of … » Read

The 2024 Gilmore Artist Award, a quadrennial prize of $300,000, which many liken to a MacArthur  “Genius”  Grant for pianists, has gone to Frenchman Alexandre Kantorow. He receives $50,000 cash in the immediate future and … » Read

Among the first stirrings of the new season, the New York Armory’s estimable recital series presented on September 11 acclaimed soprano Julia Bullock in the intimate Board of Officers Room. John Arida was at the piano for a varied program … » Read

On Sept. 22 George Benjamin’s latest opera— Picture a Day Like This —arrives at the Royal Opera House after its premiere at Aix-en-Provence this past summer. The work is the latest product of a remarkable partnership between the … » Read

On Sept. 12, Angel Blue made a triumphant return, after 14 years, to San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House as Leonora, a role debut, in Verdi’s Il Trovatore . Last seen at San Francisco Opera in 2009 in a brief role in Porgy and … » Read