“The check’s in the mail” is a refrain cash-strapped performing arts organizations are eager to hear as they await funds from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The $16bn federal aid program,  approved by Congress … » Read

Hard on the heels of Covent Garden’s May 17 return to live performance came U.K. opera’s second big event: the May 20 re-start of Glyndebourne headed by Damiano Michieletto’s penetrating new staging of Janácek’s … » Read

The biennial Menuhin Competition concluded Saturday in Richmond, VA, naming 18-year-old violinist María Dueñas of Spain as the first-prize winner of the senior division, and 15-year-old violinist Keila Wakao of Japan (currently … » Read

La Scala has cancelled tomorrow’s restaging of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s L’italiana in Algeri, which was to have up to 500 attendees in the auditorium for a live broadcast and stream. A cast member tested positive for Covid-19 on … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra will return to performing live in Severance Hall for its 104 th season, its 20 th with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. “The world has changed over the past year, which for us meant… completely … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday night's Kennedy Center Honors was a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerged from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still called it  “the capper on my career.” The 43rd … » Read

Duain Wolfe will retire in Spring of 2022, after 28 years as director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Having succeeded its legendary founder, Margaret Hillis, he is only the second person ever to hold the position. He first led the group at the … » Read

The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the San Diego Symphony’s new, $85 million outdoor shell/venue, is to open August 6-8 with a dinner gala and all manner of Broadway and symphonic fanfare. Some 40 concerts, a mix of symphonic and pop … » Read

Charles McNulty, chief theater critic for the Los Angeles Times , has some advice for those Americans reluctant to get vaccinated against Covid-19. “Enjoy your God-given freedom!” he tells them. But he adds, “If they’re … » Read

Digital streaming, seen by many arts organizations as an emergency measure during the pandemic, is here to stay. “All they have to do is figure out how to use [it],” two reporters write in the San Francisco Chronicle . The duo’s … » Read