VERONA, Italy -- The Verona Arena amphitheater in northern Italy has returned to staging full operas for the first time since the pandemic — but with one big difference. The monumental sets that normally fill the vast amphitheater stage … » Read

American-born composer and avant-garde pianist Frederic Rzewski died in Italy on June 26. He was 83. Rzewski’s most well-known work i s likley The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a gigantic set of piano variations on a Chilean … » Read

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced that two new programs open to nonprofit arts and culture organizations and local arts agencies will distribute $135mn in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. Forty percent of these funds are to … » Read

Violinist Randall Goosby, 24, has signed for joint general management with HarrisonParrott and Primo Artists, effective immediately. Goosby moves from the Young Concert Artists roster, having won the YCA competition in 2018, also the year he was … » Read

Dallas Symphony Chorus Director Joshua Habermann [pictured] will exit his post at the end of next season, his 11th with the DSO. He’s on his way to Honolulu, apparently, where his wife has a teaching job. Habermann, also in his 12th season … » Read

During the pandemic, an orchestra playing at full tilt can quickly become a super spreader machine. Brass and wind instruments in particular emit aerosols—tiny respiratory droplets—that travel around the stage and into the audience, … » Read

Sir Nicholas Kenyon, among the most highly regarded scribes and administrators in the arts world, is to step down next September after 14 years as managing director of the Barbican, Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue. He … » Read

LONDON—The Cinderella among Handel’s so-called “magic” operas, Amadigi –composed four years after Rinaldo and two full decades before his bewitching masterpiece Alcina— boasts music of the utmost enchantment. … » Read

President Biden’s nominees for members of the National Council on the Arts leave no question that he is determined to bring diversity to America’s arts scene. Once approved by Congress, they will join the group of 18 citizens who … » Read

The Pennsylvania Ballet, formed in 1963, will henceforth be known as the Philadelphia Ballet. “For me, it’s a natural fit,” Executive Director Shelly Power told The Philadelphia Inquirer . “Most ballet companies have their … » Read