It’s a veritable building boom in the performing arts: Last week, Lincoln Center announced the near completion of the remade David Geffen Hall; yesterday the St. Louis Symphony unveiled the expansion and upgrading of Powell Hall ; and now, … » Read

Olga Smirnova, a principal soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet since 2016, is leaving the storied Russian company to join the Dutch National Ballet. Although she said in a news release that she had been contemplating a move for some time, she was … » Read

This year’s recipients of the £30,000 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards for musical excellence are Anastasia Kobelkin, cello; onetime Musical America New Artist Geneva Lewis, violin; James Newby, baritone; and Ema Nikolovska, … » Read

On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera used its power, its people, and its international profile to pay tribute to and raise funds for Ukraine as it resists the Russian invasion. Before a sold-out (within hours, apparently) house of 3,200 and an … » Read

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