The Paris Opera is looking at banning "blackface" in its ballets and operas after nearly a quarter of its staff called for a major shake-up of how it deals with race. The issue of racism and diversity has been seen simmering since the … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra opened its 121 st season with an entirely virtual program that included guest performances by Steve Martin on banjo, soprano Angel Blue, and pianist Lang Lang, with Billy Jean King acting as host. The concert proceeded … » Read

Marin Alsop has been named music director of the annual National Orchestral Institute + Festival at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. She’s its first ever music director, but has been active over the … » Read

Musicians unable to follow a regular performance schedule—i.e., most of them—are eager to find other ways to engage with their artistic colleagues. One way attracting increasing attention is the commissioning of new works. The … » Read

British rock band Led Zeppelin on Monday effectively won a long-running legal battle over claims it stole the opening guitar riff from its signature 1971 song "Stairway to Heaven." The band, one of the best-selling rock acts of all time, was … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem I Am Woman and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actor-singer … » Read

The honeymoon continues, even as it crosses an ocean. This morning, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced another extension to Andris Nelsons’s contract as music director, which keeps him on the podium through 2025. It supersedes his … » 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

CHICAGO--Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little point in dwelling on what the American classical music scene has lost. Like the Flying Dutchman’s doomed vessel, that ship has sailed. Yes, the artistic casualties have been … » Read

Desperate times often call for desperate measures, as the Roya Opera House’s (ROH) decision to auction a David Hockney portrait demonstrates. “This was a really tough call,” Alex Beard, the ROH’s chief executive, told The … » Read