A Spanish provincial government has barred its regional orchestra from accompanying veteran tenor-turned baritone Plácido Domingo at a music festival in September citing the singer’s alleged history of sexual misconduct. The … » Read

As part of a bold new joint initiative to support emerging arts administrators and leaders of color, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Seattle Symphony have announced the first recipients of the Seattle Arts Fellowship. The 2021/22 … » Read

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced a fall 2021 program helmed by the U.S. premiere of Sun & Sea , the theatrical installation-cum-opera that carried off the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Other key productions from around … » Read

In a unique musical partnership, the East Coast’s New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the California-based LA Phil YOLA National Institute have partnered to develop a bicoastal summer institute for young musicians. The two-week … » Read

We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given 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 … » Read

Aspen Music Festival dedicated its July 17 performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute to its director, Edward Berkeley, who died unexpectedly hours before the curtain went up. Berkeley had been the Aspen Music Festival and School Opera Program … » Read

The 2021 Salzburg Festival will go ahead with no limitations on seating capacity, it has been announced. With a detailed prevention plan in place, it’s hoped that audiences will be reassured, with statistics for the Whitsun Festival … » Read

The Minneota Orchestra has announced details of its upcoming season with a program that both looks forwards and backwards, highlighting the achievements of outgoing Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s 19-year tenure, but with a healthy … » Read

Sir Graham Vick, the English opera director and visionary founder of Birmingham Opera Company, has died at the age of 67. The Company announced his death on Twitter: “We are devastated to announce that today 17 July 2021 Sir Graham Vick, … » Read

For actors of a certain age, Shakespeare’s King Lear , often billed as the “Everest” of acting, represents a pinnacle in a career. As the greatest Wotan of his generation, Sir John Tomlinson knows all about pinnacles. The great … » Read