Battered by a contentious musicians’ strike the year before the pandemic struck, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is again confronting labor troubles, this time not of its own making. Caught in an entanglement with the Strathmore … » Read

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has signed a new, three-year contract that immediately restores salaries to pre-pandemic rates, with annual raises totaling eight percent by the end of the contract. Musicians had accepted a 10 percent … » Read

With Germany’s Covid numbers rising in the last seven days to their highest level since the start of the pandemic, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Deutsche Oper Berlin is among those performing arts groups to reinstate the mask … » Read

LONDON--In opera, directorial “concepts” can sometimes be frustrating, distorting or even overwhelming a composer’s intentions. That Daisy Evans’s powerful re-imagining of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle as … » Read

MILAN--While 17th- and 18th-century opera has been a staple of European theaters for the last several decades, it is relatively uncommon among Italy’s opera houses. La Scala has been attempting to change that, scheduling a string of … » Read

The Santa Fe Opera's 65 th Festival season, from July 1 through August 27, 2022, will include 38 performances of five new productions as well as two scenes featuring the opera’s talented stage and technical apprentices. Bizet’s Carmen … » Read

David McCormick, an early-music scholar, educator, and Baroque violinist, is to succeed Karin Brookes as the executive director of Early Music America (EMA). Brookes, in the job four years, is the new administrative director at the Juilliard … » Read

In one of the more idiosyncratic competition results of 2021, the 75th Geneva International Music Competition concluded on October 29 with a three-way tie for third prize in the oboe division and no first or second prizes. Natalia Auli from … » Read

On Nov. 3 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) released operating results for the 2021 fiscal year, which concluded on-June 30, 2021, at its annual meeting held in person and online. The 130th season, while beset with the … » Read

Robert Neu , an opera and music theater director, is to be the new VP of artistic planning for the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. The organization cites his past consultancies and affiliations with the major orchestras of Colorado, Minnesota, and … » Read