The English Touring Opera is defending its  much-criticized plan to overhaul its recruitment policy for its orchestra starting in 2022. The immediate impact of the decision was notification to 13 freelance musicians, some veterans of over 20 … » Read

Citing “an abundance of caution,” the Los Angeles Master Chorale has cancelled the 40 th edition of its annual Messiah singalong on Dec. 20. “Since the pandemic… we have routinely checked in with the department of health … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has looked within to find the successor to Anne Parsons and her 18-year legendary tenure as president and CEO. It is current VP and General Manager Erik Rönmark, who has been with the orchestra since 2005 … » Read

From a three-legged partnership that involves the deep Unitel catalog of European classical music and ballet films, Apple TV, and Carnegie Hall, comes a new streaming channel: Carnegie Hall+, which went live Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Apple TV, where … » Read

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed in Paris is being renovated by a U.S. expert who is giving it back its original mid-19th century characteristics. Paul McNulty is spending days at the Frederic … » Read

MILAN (AP) — Milanese turned out in all their finery for La Scala’s Dec. 7 gala season opener of Verdi’s Macbeth in a fully seated theater, a welcome return after the pandemic made last year’s premiere a televised-only … » Read

Alexandros Papadiamantis’s novella, The Murderess enjoys seminal status in Greece where it has stood as a challenge to conventional socio-political thinking and the roles of church and state since its publication in 1903. Adapted by Giorgos … » Read

As of January 2022, Shawna Lucey will be the new general director and CEO at Opera San José (OSJ), succeeding Khori Dastoor, who assumes the same role at the Houston Grand Opera in January. With over 15 years of industry experience, Lucey … » Read

Jaap van Zweden led the New York Philharmonic last weekend in a program that included Dvorák's Seventh Symphony and Emanuel Ax playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G. With such crowd pleasers on offer, what better an occasion to … » Read

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), forced to shut down entirely for nearly a year during the pandemic, is awarding its musicians the organization’s own 2021 Harmony Award, given annually to performers who “embody the harmonious … » Read