Connecticut’s six largest performing arts venues are launching “It's Showtime, CT!,” a campaign highlighting the reopening of their venues, the varied cultural programming available statewide, and the safety protocols in place … » Read

Carlisle Floyd, among the first successful American opera composers, died on September 30 in Tallahassee, FL. He was 95. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. His best known work, Susannah is the third most performed … » Read

Further confirmation of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s midas touch, as if any was needed, has been unveiled in the form of a $2.5 million gift to the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal to support his artistic vision … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra is recipient of $50 million from the Cleveland-based Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, the largest grant in the ensemble’s 103-year history and one of the most significant ever made to a major symphony … » Read

Shortened versions of operas have found a certain vogue during the pandemic, ostensibly for health reasons. Usually it is the director who does the shortening, but at least one operatic standard exists in a version created by the composer that is … » Read

Violinist James Buswell, said to have made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of seven, died on September 28 in Boston. He was 74. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Buswell performed with most of the major international … » Read

Marlboro Music has completed its purchase of Potash Hill, the 563-acre former home of Marlboro College, which closed in 2020 and which has served in part as the summer home of the Marlboro Music Festival since its beginnings. “The purchase … » Read

The hit Broadway show Aladdin was canceled Wednesday night when breakthrough COVID-19 cases were reported within the musical’s company, a day after the show reopened following some 18 months of being shuttered due to the pandemic. It was a … » Read

How to unwrap a musical package as deep, layered, and startlingly resonant as Fire Shut Up in My Bones , the work that opened the Metropolitan Opera Monday night after 18 months of pandemic-induced silence? The sheer substance of Terence … » Read

Many current and former staff members are describing London’s Barbican Center as being in “freefall” in the wake of Barbican Stories , an exposé of as many as 100 cases of discrimination reported by employees. Describing … » Read