The 2½-year, $150 million  refurbishment of the Sydney Opera House has produced one of the best concert halls in the world. So says Simone Young,  chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Peter McCallum, the Sydney … » Read

That Christian Fellowship church in McAllen, TX, that stole, then bowdlerized Hamilton to suit its own (anti-gay) “Christian” agendas, has finally apologized for neither seeking usage rights nor permission to change the lyrics in its … » Read

The Los Angeles Ballet, now in its 17th season, has selected Melissa Barak as the company’s new artistic director. An accomplished ballet dancer and choreographer, she succeeds Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary, the founding co-artistic … » Read

Within the performing arts' efforts to reduce carbon emissions, Glyndebourne is the front-runner, having installed its own wind turbine in January 2012-- a controversial move at the time, inspiring many complaints about its ruining the … » Read

New music for orchestra, chamber musicians, and voices this month includes a second volume reflecting the eclectic palette of the late Julius Eastman and an important environmental work from crack choir The Crossing. To start, though, John … » Read

In addition to movement within the extant ensemble, the Minnesota Orchestra has named a number of new musicians, several of them replacing retirees. Among principals, Katherine Siochi, principal harp of the Kansas City Symphony, will arrive in … » Read

Details are hard to ascertain, but Kirill Petrenko, famed chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, has had a “serious foot injury” that required surgery and so has been advised by medics to “reduce his workload.” The … » Read

English National Ballet has named Aaron S. Watkin to succeed Tamara Mojo as artistic director of the company. Mojo exits to  take over the San Francisco Ballet in the fall; Watkin arrives after 16 years with the Semperoper Ballett Dresden, … » Read

This fall Princeton University Concerts (PUC) will introduce “Healing with Music,” a three-concert series by musicians who will share their personal relationships to music during illness and other forms of personal upheaval. Clemency … » Read

LONDON—Apart from the ever-ubiquitous Messiah , enthusiasm for Handel oratorios seems to have paled next to the passion for restaging his operas. It’s a far cry from the 1740s when the English biblical choral blockbuster replaced … » Read