Since becoming artistic director of the newly renamed Detroit Opera (aka Michigan Opera Theater) in 2020, Yuval Sharon has crafted cutting edge productions in a parking garage, an abandoned theater, and other unlikely venues. Now, as the … » Read

Given the shortage of guitar concertos (or at least, ones that orchestras are prepared to program), classical guitarists need to have an entrepreneurial spirit to build a successful career. Rupert Boyd is a good example. The Australian-born, New … » Read

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Tuesday for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Ma joined … » Read

In 2020 Congress created two tools to help employers navigate the treacherous waters of the pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, which received considerable press attention, provided forgivable loans to employers to keep their employees on … » Read

Anna Netrebko’s statement yesterday, distancing herself from Vladimir Putin and “expressly condemn[ing] the war on Ukraine,” seems not to have instantaneously changed her status at the Metropolitan Opera, nor at the Paris Opera, … » Read

Avant-garde Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, long outspoken critic of the Kremlin and artistic thorn in its side, has left the country after countless arrests and confinements on false charges in the last few years. He is now safely in … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 143 rd season, and Stéphane Denève’s fourth as music director, will feature more than 26 works new to St. Louis audiences, including 18 contemporary pieces; world premieres by Guillaume … » Read

Longtime New York City Center Encores! Artistic Music Director Jack Viertel stepped down from his post at the end of 2020. Lear deBessonet succeeded him.   Now Encores! Music Director Rob Berman, Viertel’s collaborator on more than 30 … » Read

On the evening of March 17, operagoers at the Met’s production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos were treated to something rare—a heckler. As soprano Brenda Rae, who was portraying the Zerbinetta, the leading lady of a … » Read

When Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced that the company would not be hiring any Russian artists who do not officially denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna Netrebko--known as a Putin supporter--failed to do so and … » Read