The Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina , which opened at Chicago’s Civic Opera House on Feb. 15, took five years to create. Commissioned in 2014 from choreographer Yuri Possokhov, a former star at the Bolshoi Ballet, the work’s … » Read

Oregon Ballet Theater, approaching its 35 th anniversary and including a school with an enrollment of over 300, has named choreographer Danielle (Dani) Rowe as its next artistic director, effective presently. She succeeds Peter Franc, who has … » Read

MILAN (AP)—No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s … » Read

Marco Goecke, ballet director of the Hanover State Opera, was initiailly suspended, now fired, from his duties and is under investigation for his response to a negative review of his production In the Dutch Mountain . During the intermission of … » Read

AMG Artists has recently signed a guitarist, a conductor, and a cellist, none of whom has had previous North American management. Raphaël Feuillâtre [pictured], also looked after by AMG in Central and South American, is a 26-year-old … » Read

The decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic was, Gustavo Dudamel freely admits, one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make. But he knows it is one that positions … » Read

NEW YORK—Having recorded all the Bach cantatas and a staggering amount of his other music besides, the venerable Bach Collegium Japan and its director, Masaaki Suzuki, have moved ahead chronologically for repertoire, achieving notable … » Read

BERLIN—The 1983 Broadway premiere of La Cage aux Folles took New York by storm. Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's drag musical, based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 play, became the first mainstream hit show dealing with gay themes and … » Read

The acclaimed King’s Singers have been cancelled by Pensacola Christian College. Two hours before their scheduled concert there last Saturday, they received notice that the school was concerned about the “lifestyle” of members … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra and other organizations based at the Kimmel Center have been dealing with a cyberattack since last Thursday, one that is impacting ticket sales; two days ago the orchestra created a  temporary portal to sell … » Read