Conciliatory feeling seems altogether absent in the standoff between management and labor at the Metropolitan Opera. With the stagehands locked out since early December, the latest flashpoint revolves around the employment of non-Met musicians to … » Read

Opera director Graham Vick and conductor Jane Glover are among the arts luminaries to be recognized in the U.K.’s 2021 New Year Honours. Vick—now Sir Graham Vick—was made a Knight Bachelor for his services to music and to the … » Read

Violist Tasso Adamopoulos has fallen victim to Covid-19 at the age of 76. He died on January 3, recognized as one of the top players and teachers in the field. Born in Paris, he trained at the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Haifa, Israel, then at … » Read

For many, 2020 came too soon. For others, it was simply time. For all, they leave behind an artform further enriched by their talent and commitment. JANUARY 2020 [December 30, 2019. Harry Kupfer, 84. Opera director who oversaw the Komische Opera … » 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

The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert took place as scheduled, pre-recorded in an empty Musikverein under Riccardo Muti. Normally, some 50,000 people apply for tickets to attend. This year, the orchestra reports that 7,000 … » Read

Claude Bolling, the French pianist, composer, and arranger who attained a worldwide following through his melodic blend of jazz and classical influences and stayed on the Billboard classical charts for more than a decade with his 1975 album Suite … » Read

Brian Giebler has never watched the Grammy Awards, but he will be following them closely this year. His debut solo album, a lad’s love , a collection of mostly 20 th -century English songs with piano and string quartet, has been nominated … » Read

Under the artistic leadership of director Graham Vick, Birmingham Opera Company has been bringing cutting edge work to the U.K.’s most diverse city for the last 20 years. Engaging local communities, it presents opera in found spaces from … » Read

Tobias Picker is one of the leading opera composers of his generation – his An American Tragedy premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005 – and for the past four years he has been artistic director of Tulsa Opera. But for all his … » Read