Young sopranos who seem able to sing just about anything don’t come along that often, but then Francesca Chiejina isn’t your average singer. Her Royal Albert Hall performance at a BBC Prom this year, singing Alban Berg’s … » Read

The Phoenix Symphony has received $7.5 million from the Virginia G. Piper Trust, part of $123 million distributed by the Phoenix-based trust to 71 local groups for pandemic recovery. These “Now is the Moment” grants range from … » Read

Legendary soprano Jessye Norman stopped performing in 2015, four years before her death , attributed to septic shock and multi-organ failure, secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she sustained in 2015. Now a lawsuit filed by … » Read

LONDON--Londoner’s have had to wait a while for Jenufa . Claus Guth’s new production, which opened September 28 at the Royal Opera House, was all rehearsed and ready to go in March 2020 when the pandemic struck. Now, finally, … » Read

Connecticut’s six largest performing arts venues are launching “It's Showtime, CT!,” a campaign highlighting the reopening of their venues, the varied cultural programming available statewide, and the safety protocols in place … » Read

Carlisle Floyd, among the first successful American opera composers, died on September 30 in Tallahassee, FL. He was 95. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. His best known work, Susannah is the third most performed … » Read

Further confirmation of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s midas touch, as if any was needed, has been unveiled in the form of a $2.5 million gift to the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal to support his artistic vision … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra is recipient of $50 million from the Cleveland-based Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, the largest grant in the ensemble’s 103-year history and one of the most significant ever made to a major symphony … » Read

Shortened versions of operas have found a certain vogue during the pandemic, ostensibly for health reasons. Usually it is the director who does the shortening, but at least one operatic standard exists in a version created by the composer that is … » Read

Violinist James Buswell, said to have made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of seven, died on September 28 in Boston. He was 74. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Buswell performed with most of the major international … » Read