The Royal Opera House’s latest livestream was a double homecoming. In 1734, Handel relocated his opera company from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to the old Theatre Royal, the building constructed in 1732 on the site of the present opera … » Read

The Shanghai Quartet has chosen a new violinist to succeed Yi-Wen Jiang, who was fired last March for some inappropriate social media postings. (Yi-Wen Jiang is currently suing the quartet and Montclair State University, where the group is in … » Read

SEATTLE, WA — Like an artfully spliced film sequence, the highlight of Seattle Symphony’s concert on November 19 seemed to bridge the painful months separating us from the pre-COVID-19 era. Tyshawn Sorey’s For Roscoe Mitchell … » Read

Like its onstage peers, the Los Angeles Opera will not resume in-person performances until fall of 2021. Between Sept. 18, 2021, and June 18, 2022, the company plans 41 performances of five productions. The  main stage season includes … » Read

The booming real estate market in Seattle, a byproduct of the tech industry’s explosive growth, poses a serious threat to the city’s cultural organizations. Simply put, there isn’t enough affordable space. “The … » Read

This list will be updated weekly. Note all times are in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours … » Read

Enote, a new app being developed in Berlin, promises to “be a gamechanger for musicians” by offering instant, interactive access to sheet music. “Everyone in the music world is talking about it and I’m sure we’ll all … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s union members—which is most of the company’s employees—have been furloughed without pay since April, although health benefits have continued. On Friday, General Manager Peter Gelb suggested in a … » Read

Perryn Leech is to step down from the Houston Grand Opera as managing director as of December 31. The company had recently announced that it will cease all live performances until the Fall of 2021 and has moved its activities to the digital … » Read

On Nov. 19 two of the top entertainment unions reached an agreement making the online distribution of filmed plays and musicals easier during the pandemic. The dispute centered on which of the two organizations governed theater productions that … » Read