After a two-year, $150m renovation, the Sydney Opera House concert hall will reopen to the public with a gala on July 20, with the Sydney Symphony performing under its new Music Director Simone Young. Despite its unique design, trend-setting as … » Read

On June 22, Swiss violinist Julie Berthollet had two frightening encounters with urban violence while traveling from Paris to Geneva. Waiting outside her apartment for an early morning taxi, she was approached by a young man who tried to steal … » Read

For the first time since 2019, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will be residence at the Interlochen Arts Camp from July 22 to 24. Stymied by the pandemic, the DSO  managed to continue a relationship that dates back to 1926 with online … » Read

Rhiannon Giddens , who is everywhere these days as an artist, composer, and impresaria, has signed with MWI (Music Works International) for European representation; she was previously with London-based Asgard. The MacArthur Genius Grant … » Read

OPERA America has released the Field-Wide Opera Demographic Report 2021, an industry wide study of  issues related to race/ethnicity, gender, and age. The report reflects data gathered in the spring of 2021 from companies representing all … » Read

Andrew Nethsingha, director of music at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, is to be the next organist and master of choristers at Westminster Abbey—in effect the Abbey’s director of music. He succeeds James … » Read

There is a slow change afoot in the world of opera. As the leading directors grow older—Krzysztof Warlikowski, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, Robert Carsen, and Barrie Kosky are all over fifty—the industry is … » Read

Big Apple Performing Arts, the umbrella organization of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC) and the Youth Pride Chorus, has installed new, permanent leadership in John D. Carrion as executive director, and John J.Atorino as artistic … » Read

Teatro Nuovo, Will Crutchfield’s fledgling opera company specializing in bel canto repertoire, has cancelled its upcoming performances (July 9-14) of Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Bellini’s La Sonnambula due to an outbreak of … » Read

LONDON--It may not have the most profound of plots, but Alcina contains some of Handel's greatest music. For Glyndebourne’s first staging of the opera, which opened July 2, the company has assembled a cast of exceptional vocal beauty, … » Read