Opera, claims Oliver Mears, the Royal Opera House’s director of opera, is the perfect means of spreading a pandemic. Social distancing is well-nigh impossible with musicians jammed into tight quarters in orchestra pits, sellout audiences … » Read

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is presenting a full calendar of summer events featuring Opera Saratoga as well as its traditional summer resident companies—the New York City Ballet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and … » Read

AIX-EN-PROVENCE— The rebirth of France’s premier opera festival after a barren, Covid-blighted 2020 felt like a joyous act of defiance. Not only has Artistic Director Pierre Audi programmed a record number of operas (nine in all, if … » Read

Douglas (Doug) Sheldon, who re-established his career with a firm under his under own name in December 2020 , just months before the pandemic struck, has signed Vadim Repin to Sheldon Artists LLC. Repin joins Anne-Sophie Mutter and Simone Lamsma … » Read

The San Diego Opera (SDO) has weathered the pandemic in fine form, announcing a modest surplus of less than $10,000 for the 2021 fiscal year and sporting the largest endowment—$8.8mn—in the company’s 56-year history. At … » Read

The announcement that the Milanese maestro Daniele Gatti has been named music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (MMF) is further proof that Italians take the #metoo movement lightly, if at all. He succeeds Zubin Mehta at MMF, as Mehta … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — “Now I will conduct a short excerpt from Ravel’s Bolero , the Metropolitan Opera’s future music director announces proudly. It’s Yannick Nézet-Séguin, but he’s not the figure … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked-out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic. The agreement was reached … » Read

Moving to the spring and held for the second time virtually, Concert Artists Guild’ s annual competition concluded on June 9 by awarding grand prizes to four recipients: the Chromic Duo [pictured], a New York-based electronic toy-piano duo … » Read