LENOX, MA--No nation has contributed more to film art and its industry than America, and no one has composed more hit film scores than John Williams. The elegant 89-year-old Boston Pops conductor laureate returned last week to Tanglewood, summer … » Read

Thus far this summer, the Salzburg Festival has seemed immune to the pandemic, save for one patron having tested positive for Covid-19 and the ensuing flurry of contact tracing. Still, with the Austrian government firmly in its camp, the … » Read

As arts presenters gear up for the resumption of live performances, safety procedures to protect audiences as well as staff and artists are undergoing careful scrutiny. The recent surge in delta variant cases of Covid-19 has led the San Francisco … » Read

Things are looking up for the Marian Anderson Historical Society and Museum in South Philadelphia. Severe  flood damage a year ago forced the house to close to the public, but the organization’s CEO, Jillian Patricia Pirtle, tells the … » Read

The filmed version of Yuval Sharon’s radical reimagining of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung—Twilight: Gods —will be available for free, on-demand viewing from July 29 through October 29. The sold-out Chicago … » Read

Bloomberg Philanthropies, having already increased its historic support of arts and culture organizations during the pandemic, has devised a new $30 million Digital Accelerator Program to support technical infrastructure among a select group of … » Read

The Toronto City Opera (TCO) has reached an agreement with the Rossini Opera Festival to bring the music of Gioachino Rossini to the Canadian city during the 2021-22 season. Held annually since 1980 for two weeks in August in Pesaro, … » Read

SANTA FE--The new production of  The Marriage of Figaro , seen on July 23, takes its cue from the polymathic talents of Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais, the French author of the opera’s literary source. In addition to writing plays, his … » Read

Perhaps feeling liberated by his imminent relocation to Munich and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2023, Simon Rattle told an interviewer for Radio Times that he has always dodged the opportunity to conduct Last Night of the Proms. … » Read

SANTA FE--Among the nation’s opera companies that are cautiously coming back, the Santa Fe Opera is the first major one to launch a season that looks pretty close to normal. In addition to the world premiere of John Corigliano and Marc … » Read