Julie Kent, artistic director of the Washington Ballet since 2016, will join the Houston Ballet as its first ever co-artistic director next July, sharing the pivotal role with the current Stanton Welch. A 30-year member of the American Ballet … » Read

SEATTLE—The world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns at Seattle Opera has attracted attention well beyond the usual music circles. With the Taliban’s recent return to power in Afghanistan, both the opera and its source, Khaled … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall will reach its pre-pandemic level of 170 concerts during a 2023-24 season that includes a focus on the fall of the Weimar Republic. The hall said Tuesday the season will open Oct. 4 with Riccardo Muti … » Read

Cooler heads finally seem to be prevailing in the tug-of-war between Arts Council England (ACE) and English National Opera (ENO) initiated last November when ACE zeroed out the company’s funding and pushed it to relocate outside London. No … » Read

Teetering on the edge , the Philly Pops is undergoing a major shakeup. Gone immediately is Pops president Frank Giordano, who resigned and has been succeeded as president and CEO by Karen Corbin, previously the Pops’ COO. David Charles … » Read

CHICAGO—Brandon Acker’s name is synonymous with Chicago’s early music scene. If the repertoire calls for a lute, theorbo, or other historical plucked instrument, you can bet Acker, 33, will be there, his easygoing, soulful … » Read

When Lohengrin in Wagner’s opera reveals facts about himself in response to questions by his bride Elsa, questions she had pledged not to ask, he identifies his father as Parsifal, king of the guardian-knights of the Holy Grail, of which … » Read

CARDIFF, Wales—When Emma Jenkins provided the libretto for Welsh National Opera’s 2018 Rhondda Rips it Up! telling a story of women’s suffrage, Artistic Director David Pountney said, “We would rather throw a party than … » Read

On Friday night, February 24, the musicians of Ukraine's National Philharmonic came together in Kyiv’s Mykola Lysenko Colonnaded Hall to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion. The hour-long concert, titled “Music of … » Read

Opera Philadelphia launches its 2023-24 season with 10 Days in a Madhouse, a new opera by local composer Rene Orth ++ based on 19 th -century reporter Nellie Bly’s experience faking madness in Blackwell’s Asylum for the Insane, in … » Read