Since the annual run of The Nutcracker performances is the key to most ballet companies’ survival, the outlook for going without the Sugar Plum Fairy for two consecutive seasons, or shortening her appearance in one of them anyway, is not … » Read

President and CEO Handel and Haydn Society David Snead faced a huge challenge as chief executive of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in the summer of 2020. Because of COVID, Massachusetts officials had prohibited choral singing … » Read

Berlin-based writer  Olivia Giovetti has put together a remarkable list of classical singers’ Christmas albums and ranked them—no collections or roundups, simply “singer-driven” recordings. She accounts for “85 … » Read

The New World Symphony (NWS) will host a week-long, multi-disciplinary festival celebrating the history and influence of the Harlem Renaissance.  I Dream a World: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond launches February 1 with poet Kevin Young … » Read

BRUSSELS (AP) — In a setback for the Belgian government, an advisory body on Tuesday suspended a Cabinet-ordered closure of part of the cultural sector — saying that new coronavirus restrictions imposed on theaters are unreasonable. … » Read

The following summarizes a recent article from the Chicago SunTimes . The full, more detailed backstory of Prokofiev's early visits to the U.S. can be in found in When Prokofiev came to Chicago, first published on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra … » Read

Vice President, Advocacy League of American Orchestras As the League of American Orchestras’ longtime advocate in Washington, D.C., Heather Noonan has been an indispensable guide through the maze of federal COVID-related … » Read

An unusual alliance between sports and music are harbingers of an economic rebirth for Inglewood, a working-class city three miles from Los Angeles Airport. The 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium, home of the NFL’s Rams and the Chargers, and an … » Read

As the Met Opera soldiers on with its shortened, intermission-less family fare this week, and a few Broadway shows remain open with understudies getting their Big Breaks, neither is imposing limits on audience size—just proof of vaccination … » Read

MADRID--Cristina Vazquez, a Roma teen who grew up in a Madrid shantytown, never imagined herself playing the violin. But today she is first violinist in an inventive orchestra bringing together two dozen other disadvantaged youths, using … » Read