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

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced a much-anticipated return to live performing. “Lyric has weathered this extraordinary storm,” Lyric general director Anthony Freud told the Chicago Tribune . “We will be back.” The … » Read

Taiwanese American conductor Mei-Ann Chen, music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta since 2011, has been named principal conductor of “recreation - Grosses Orchester Graz at Styriarte,” a group of musicians of 20 different … » Read

Anyone in the U.K. trying to earn a living in the music world must feel doubly cursed. First, the coronavirus pandemic stopped live performing in its tracks for over a year. And now, as performers are readying their return to concert halls and … » Read