Music critic Andrew Mellor has had a recurring dream in which he walks into the 2,350-seat London Coliseum for Jonathan Miller’s production of The Mikado and finds fewer than 100 people in attendance. The theater itself is dirty and … » Read

A paper published in the journal Cureus— " The Effect of Classical Music on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Mood’’ —bolsters long-held beliefs regarding the connections between listening to classical music and blood … » Read

The actual concert hall of David Geffen Hall, named in 2015 for a $100m gift from the LA billionaire, will be the Wu Tsai Theater, named for the $50m gift from Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsa that enabled the renovation to be completed two years ahead … » Read

Caramoor’s summer festival for years held a place on the itinerary of opera goers, thanks to Will Crutchfield’s Bel Canto at Caramoor series. After 2017, when the latter, rebranded as Teatro Nuovo, ventured forth on its own, Caramoor … » Read

The Royal College of Music has suspended Alexander Romanovsky, a professor of piano, for appearing in a video filmed by Russian state-controlled media in front of a bombed-out theater in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The theater had been … » Read

Canadian conductor Tania Miller, longtime music director of Canada's Victoria Symphony, now emerita, is to serve as interim principal conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. She takes the job at the invitation of … » Read

PORTLAND, OR--Based on an ancient love story, Dido Reimagined , a new monodrama by Pulitzer-prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, received a thought-provoking performance from Dawn Upshaw and the Brentano … » Read

Plans to shutter the State Theater at Melbourne’s Arts Center have forced Opera Australia (OA) and the Australian Ballet to scramble to find alternative venues for nearly three years. The State Theater is scheduled to close around Easter in … » Read

The introduction of a new production of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth is always an occasion for comment and criticism. The premiere of Das Rheingold on July 31 led Martin Kettle of The Guardian to wonder, “Who knew?” Who knew, he asks, … » Read

Teodor Currentzis, whose longtime ensemble MusicAeterna has come under heavy criticism for its links to a state-owned Russian bank, has announced the formation of a new international ensemble called Utopia. It is to be financed by Kunst und … » Read