The financial toll of Covid-19 on performing arts organizations is extreme and universal. Major institutions threatened with extinction as yet discern no clear path forward, notwithstanding the introduction of vaccines. How long will it take to … » Read

Every year since 1954, King’s College Cambridge has presented its annual Christmas Eve television broadcast, Carols from King’s , featuring its famous boychoir augmented by choral scholars—the older voices, who are generally … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw has announced that Fabio Luisi has been forced to cancel his Christmas Matinee concert with the orchestra having tested positive for Covid-19, requiring him to quarantine for ten days. Wunderkind Klaus … » Read

The musicians of the New York Philharmonic may not be able to return to David Geffen Hall for many months to come, thanks to the pandemic, but things are clearly moving along in the executive suite. As of January 1, President and CEO Deborah … » Read

Video technicians are fast becoming the new MVPs for symphony orchestras. With virtual performances serving as primary vehicles for many ensembles while concert halls are shuttered, audiences attuned to the production values of film and … » Read

When it comes to defying the pandemic, the Vienna Staatsoper has been admirably tenacious. During periods of total lockdown, it has streamed an impressive array of archive recordings, and this fall it was one of the first to bounce back with live … » Read

Responding to criticism from both internal and external parties , Americans for the Arts (AFTA) has commissioned an independent investigation of its practices in the areas of racial diversity and equity. CEO Robert L. Lynch, who also has been … » Read

France’s cultural workers are pushing back hard against the government’s continued shutdown of all performance spaces until at least Jan. 7 in an effort to arrest the spread of Covid-19. In June French theaters, cinemas, and other … » Read

By almost every measure, 2020 was not a very good year. For author and New Yorker critic Alex Ross, the past 12 months were “catastrophic” for the performing arts, lending “the annual ritual of cobbling together a list of … » Read

At its annual meeting last week, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced several major achievements in fiscal 2020, not least of them coming through the COVID-19 pandemic with a budget surplus—the eighth in as many years. Keeping in mind … » Read