The last 14 months have been especially cruel to the Metropolitan Opera, the nation’s largest performing arts organization. Already struggling to balance an annual operating budget of more than $300mn, the pandemic added to the … » Read

After long months of waiting and unfulfilled promises ,  funds from the $16bn Shuttered Venue Operators Grant initiative finally began to flow last week to music clubs, theaters, and other live-event businesses devastated by the pandemic. … » Read

Terell M. Johnson, former community engagement director for the New World Symphony, is to be the next executive director of the Chicago Philharmonic, a three-decade-old ensemble that has gone through various iterations since its founding. … » Read

Five orchestra musicians are set to receive a Ford Musician Award for Excellence in Community Service in an online ceremony at the League of American Orchestras conference on June 7. The award carries a $2,500 cash prize for each musician, with … » Read

Carlos Miguel Prieto, Musical America’s 2019 Conductor of the Year , is to serve as artistic advisor to the North Carolina Symphony (NCS) as it continues its search for a successor to Welshman Grant Llewellyn, who exited in spring of 2020 … » Read

Cristina Rocca is to return to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as VP for artistic planning, a post she vacated in October of 2020 after five years to become artistic director of the London Philharmonic. She starts in Chicago on June 28, occupying … » Read

Written for the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the title role in Aribert Reimann’s Lear remains one of the ultimate challenges for a great singer and actor. This new staging at the Bavarian State Opera, which streamed May 30, … » Read

The Curtis Institute has added the New York-based woodwind quintet Imani Winds to its faculty to coach ensembles, work with students on career development, and offer individual lessons. This represents the first time that the school has engaged a … » Read

On June 1 tickets for the summer season at the Hollywood Bowl went on sale, with every expectation that the Bowl will welcome full capacity crowds as of the first concert on July 3. This marks a  change from a previous plan calling for the … » Read

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) has announced a number of new faculty members, whose tenures begin August 15. Titus Underwood , principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and a 2021 Sphinx Medal of Excellence … » Read