Classical musicians around the world are using their talents to show their solidarity with Ukrainian. “Music is what some of us can give,” Marta Krechkovsky, a Ukrainian violinist who in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, tells the … » Read

LOS ANGELES – Though the inexhaustibly gifted Johann Sebastian Bach never wrote an opera, his mighty St. Matthew Passion comes close enough to tempt an opera company to try it on for size. So LA Opera rolled the dice Saturday night (Mar. … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced an ambitious plan to renovate and expand Powell Hall. Originally built in 1925 as the St. Louis Theater, a movie palace and vaudeville playhouse, the venue became the symphony’s permanent home … » Read

Yesterday, it was reported that Trinity Wall Street Church Music Director Julian Wachner had been placed on leave as of March 1 , pending investigation into abuse claims against him by a former Juilliard employee. By the end of the day of those … » Read

Citing problems with “internal communications, work environment, and issues related to equity and diversity,” three key, part-time Long Beach Opera employees have resigned. One of them is Alexander Gedeon, director of Stimmung , by … » Read

In an internal evaluation of Juilliard President Damian Woetzel, 43 out of 49 faculty and staff members responded with negative comments. Key criticisms were that Woetzel, a former dancer appointed president in 2017, focused on performance … » Read

New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck curated a medley of dances, featuring her own chops and tastes, at New York City Center (March 4-6). During the final performance, the distinctive smell of marijuana wafted through the sold-out house. … » Read

The Norwegian singer Lise Davidsen’s rise in the musical universe is best drawn as a straight vertical line. With only 15 years’ experience as an opera singer, the 35-year-old soprano, says Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera’s … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--The evening opened with a dream and ended with fireworks. With Stravinsky as the main attraction, the San Francisco Symphony spun out a spectrum of gratifying musical amplitude on March 11 at Davies Hall. If the large and … » Read

Putting on Handel in a house as big as the Metropolitan Opera is daunting. For musicians, there’s the challenge of projecting the intimate sound world of the baroque to the last row of a 4,000-seat auditorium. For directors, it’s the … » Read