American soprano Lisette Oropesa is one of the lucky few in the opera world—she is busy singing while most of her contemporaries have been silenced by Covid-19. She recently took time away from preparing to sing Konstanze in Mozart’s … » Read

The New York Philharmonic’s contract with its musicians expired last month and negotiations are ongoing, but the players are currently earning 75 percent of base pay. All concerts have been cancelled until June. Similarly, the Boston … » Read

Music makers are three times more likely to experience anxiety and/or depression than the general public. This is the central revelation of Can Music Make You Sick: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition , by Sally Anne Gross, an industry … » Read

While promising new online initiatives to be revealed later this month, the BSO has made an, unfortunately, predictable announcement. “Though this news likely doesn’t come as a surprise…it is still a major loss,” said … » Read

For the recording industry, autumn generally means two things: campaign season for the Grammy Awards--hence the many “for your consideration” notices that fill social media feeds and email inboxes—and the start of the holiday … » Read

As musicians and symphony orchestras struggle with how to return to live performance safely, the role that wind instruments play in spreading Covid-19 has become an important topic of research and discussion. In The Atlantic , James Hamblin, … » Read

It seemed for a while there that performances were coming back, albeit cautiously, everywhere in the world but the U.S. Maybe so, but the grass really isn't all that much greener over there than it is here. France, Germany, the Netherlands, … » Read

Combine a presidential campaign with a devastating pandemic and you have a guarantee that the shortcomings of American health insurance become top-of-mind for candidates and voters alike. Find an individual satisfied with their coverage, and you … » Read

This past March the coronavirus pandemic brought live orchestra performances to a standstill across the U.S. Before Covid-19, about 160,000 musicians played for the nation’s 1,600 orchestras. Now, they have been silenced. “[Its] the … » Read

In 2016, Helga Rabl-Stadler , the iron-fist, velvet-glove president of the Salzburg Festival, signed an extension of her contract that would see her creating and overseeing the program for the festival’s centennial season, in summer 2020. … » Read