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

At least three teachers at Italy’s largest music school, the Milan Conservatoire, are being investigated for allegedly taking bribes to guarantee admission. The allegations are under investigation by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office … » Read

BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced last Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The … » Read

On the night of July 16, two fans of The Phantom of the Opera will get the opportunity to sleep in Box 37 in Paris’s Palais Garnier, the house that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical. Box 37 will be lavishly furnished in … » Read

Most of the web pages beyond the home page on the Met Opera website were down today, for over four hours, including the calendar and the box office. Clicking on any one of the "buy tickets" links yielded an error page. As of late afternoon, the … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—On an afternoon when the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) welcomed back Herbert Blomstedt, their esteemed former music director who led the ensemble from 1985-95, the musicians had a pre-performance message to deliver. As … » Read

CHICAGO— Let’s get one thing straight: Chicago classical music needs more projects like The Factotum . It bordered on surreal to see the city’s predominantly Black South Side depicted onstage Feb. 3 by the Lyric Opera of … » Read

Flutist Tara Helen O’Connor , a highly credentialled performer and pedagogue, has been appointed visiting associate professor, adjunct, at the Yale School of Music, effective next fall. A contemporary music champion, she has premiered … » Read

The motion picture Tár is silent as to whether its protagonist has conducted both the Berlin and the Vienna philharmonics, but in real life only one woman enjoys that distinction—62-year-old Australian maestro Simone Young. The chief … » Read

Theater and opera director Mary Birnbaum is to be the new general and artistic director of Opera Saratoga, whose origins date back some 60 years (it was previously known as Lake George Opera). She succeeds Larry Edelson, who announced in May that … » Read