“To pee, or not to pee.” That is the question, writes Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune when contemplating the Lyric Opera’s decision to perform its fall offerings without intermissions. None of the operas, the Lyric reports, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera would be able to cut the fees of its highest-paid individual singers by 12.7 percent under a pending four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists. Details were not announced May 11 … » Read

LONDON--Considering the logistical nightmares of the U.K.’s current public health legislation, all kudos to Glyndebourne Festival for pulling off its second new staging in three days. Il Turco in Italia might not be Rossini’s greatest … » Read

Petr Popelka, chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) as of this season, is to be the next chief conductor and artistic director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra starting in 2022-23. He succeeds German conductor … » Read

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has announced a return to live performances in the 2021-22 season. Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will be on the podium for 12 weeks of subscription concerts, beginning on Sept. 25, 2021, and extending to … » Read

After a year in which it defied the pandemic by presenting 40 live performances in two different outdoor venues, including a revolutionary custom-designed  circus tent , the Atlanta Opera has announced a return to its indoor venue in … » Read

Katie McGuinness will exit her post as director of artistic planning at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to join the Dallas Symphony as VP of Artistic Operations, as of the 2021-22 season. Overseeing a department of 10, she’ll report … » Read

The Los Angeles Master Chorale is among the nearly 100 L.A. arts organizations with (prepandemic) budgets of under $10 million to receive Covid-19 recovery support from the L.A. Arts Recovery Fund. The Chorale has received $1.5 million, the top … » Read

Six words from “They Still Want to Kill Us,” an aria by composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, have become a cause célèbre in certain circles. Those six words—"God bless America/God damn America”—conclude the … » Read

The recently announced merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery betokens “a new age of media consolidation,” according to WIRED magazine. “If that sounds familiar, it is. For decades before the internet, TV was dominated by the Big … » Read