On July 28, Riccardo Muti turned 80 and, just before, gave an interview to the Corriere della Sera . In his popular blog Gramilano , Milan-based journalist Graham Spicer has translated excerpts in which the maestro speaks from his throne of deep … » Read

Honoring his near 15-year tenure as principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), the Royal Philharmonic Society had bestowed on Vladimir Jurowski its Gold Medal, whose past recipients include Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Leonard … » Read

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 currently six hours ahead. U.S. Central … » Read

Mark Ball will become artistic director of the Southbank Center, the UK’s largest arts center, in January 2022. Currently the creative director at Manchester International Festival, Ball will be responsible for developing an expansive … » Read

Upon first blush, this summer looked like the moment when the concert business was going to come roaring back from the depths of the 14-month depression resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. After a shaky start, the disbursement of billions of … » Read

Having duly established its cutting-edge bona fides, the Long Beach Opera (LBO) has unveiled what it accurately describes as “an audacious 2022 season,” its first under James Darrah,  named artistic director in February. At the … » Read

Opera Parallèle, San Francisco’s vital source of new and contemporary opera since 2007, has a new senior executive team, organized under and announced by its Founder and Artistic Director Nicole Paiemen t, who recently added General … » Read

The opening of the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center in downtown Inglewood this September will represent an exemplar of architectural adaptive reuse and adds another feather in the cap of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The first permanent … » Read

The silhouette of the Hohensalzburg Fortress; Salzburg’s regional flag; and a Greek theater mask, all set against a golden background, comprise the logo for the annual five-week feast of music and theater that is the Salzburg Festival. … » Read

The Broadway remake of West Side Story, which opened in February of 2020, just one month before Covid-19 struck , announced earlier this week that it would not reopen in September. Directed by Ivo van Hove, with choreography by Anne Teresa De … » Read