The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the appointment of Diane Dewhirst as its Senior Deputy Chairperson, and Hannah Schwartz as Director of Strategic Priorities and Projects. Both are political appointees for the Biden-Harris … » Read

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced it will commit a total of $200,000 in raised funds to increase its outreach to Black audiences and musicians. The organization has pledged $160,000 that it has received from the Bayer Fund to support a … » Read

One of the pleasures of the first lockdown was the inaugural series of Aaron Cohen’s “Embrace Everything—The World of Gustav Mahler,” a podcast that stood out from the crowd, both in its bold approach to the vastness of … » Read

As if the COVID outbreaks in the Tokyo Olympic Village were not bad enough, now the Japanese composer Keigo Oyamada has resigned from the creative team for the opening ceremony of the Games. Oyamada, 52, admitted to having bullied children with … » Read

After 16 months of keeping opera lovers afloat through lockdown, New York’s Metropolitan Opera has declared that its nightly streaming program will come to an end this Sunday, July 25. The decision comes as this year’s Bayreuth … » Read

The Wallace Foundation has announced a five-year initiative that will focus on arts organizations of color. Based in New York City, the philanthropic Foundation  has a mission to foster equity and improvements in learning for young people, … » Read

Triumph and tragedy, hubris and humility, the forbidding expanse of the Himalayas and the yawning darkness of troubled souls. Everest , a 2015 opera by composer Jody Talbot and librettist Gene Scheer, encompasses all this and more and does so in … » Read

A Spanish provincial government has barred its regional orchestra from accompanying veteran tenor-turned baritone Plácido Domingo at a music festival in September citing the singer’s alleged history of sexual misconduct. The … » Read

As part of a bold new joint initiative to support emerging arts administrators and leaders of color, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Seattle Symphony have announced the first recipients of the Seattle Arts Fellowship. The 2021/22 … » Read

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced a fall 2021 program helmed by the U.S. premiere of Sun & Sea , the theatrical installation-cum-opera that carried off the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Other key productions from around … » Read