In 2020 Congress created two tools to help employers navigate the treacherous waters of the pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, which received considerable press attention, provided forgivable loans to employers to keep their employees on … » Read

Anna Netrebko’s statement yesterday, distancing herself from Vladimir Putin and “expressly condemn[ing] the war on Ukraine,” seems not to have instantaneously changed her status at the Metropolitan Opera, nor at the Paris Opera, … » Read

Avant-garde Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, long outspoken critic of the Kremlin and artistic thorn in its side, has left the country after countless arrests and confinements on false charges in the last few years. He is now safely in … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 143 rd season, and Stéphane Denève’s fourth as music director, will feature more than 26 works new to St. Louis audiences, including 18 contemporary pieces; world premieres by Guillaume … » Read

Longtime New York City Center Encores! Artistic Music Director Jack Viertel stepped down from his post at the end of 2020. Lear deBessonet succeeded him.   Now Encores! Music Director Rob Berman, Viertel’s collaborator on more than 30 … » Read

On the evening of March 17, operagoers at the Met’s production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos were treated to something rare—a heckler. As soprano Brenda Rae, who was portraying the Zerbinetta, the leading lady of a … » Read

When Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb announced that the company would not be hiring any Russian artists who do not officially denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna Netrebko--known as a Putin supporter--failed to do so and … » Read

For more than 15 years, Kelly Hall-Tompkins has augmented her career as a concert violinist with a unique form of outreach. In addition to traditional activities like giving master classes for young musicians and performing in schools, she and … » Read

Alexander Brose, founding executive director and CEO of The Tianjin Juilliard School, will exit at the end of the 2021-22 academic year after five years in the job , three since it opened. He leaves as  Reuters reported in mid-March that … » Read

The 2022-2023 season of Belgium's Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, announced by its General and Artistic Director Peter de Caluwe, includes several works that had been postponed during the pandemic as well as new additions to the … » Read