Southern California’s car culture is offering salvation (of a sort) for regional opera companies. In late October and early November, the San Diego Opera offered four nights of La Bohème at an area drive-in theater. Next up is the … » Read

On Dec. 8, HarrisonParrott will inaugurate Virtual Circle, a live-streaming and digital content platform. The partnership with eMusic Live will offer audiences “concert look and feel” performances as well as workshops/masterclasses, … » Read

CHICAGO--For the second consecutive year, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s budget has been hit by an unexpected tsunami of cancelled concerts. In spring 2019, it was a seven-week CSO musicians’ strike . In spring 2020 it … » Read

The Dallas Symphony, currently hosting its second annual Women in Classical Music symposium, was among the first to return to its home base for live concerts, albeit socially distanced onstage and with a limited audience in the Meyerson Symphony … » Read

As technology stretches our ability to replicate almost everything, separating the real from the fake is increasingly difficult. It is now possible to use artificial intelligence (A.I.) to compose music as well as to generate sounds … » Read

When the San Francisco Opera isn’t streaming some of its past, classic performances (Samuel Ramey as Boris Godunov this week, Željko Lucic as Rigoletto next), it’s projecting them on the giant screen at the Fort Mason Drive-in, where … » Read

Unlike larger symphony orchestras nationwide, the Columbus (OH) Symphony—numbering 45 full-time musicians and 14 staff members—has dodged the pay cuts so prevalent in the classical music world. “We set a goal early… to … » Read

Florida Grand Opera has officially joined the Covid-19 cancellation crowd, announcing that its mainstage seasons at the Adrienne Arsht and Broward Performing Arts Centers have been postponed to 2021-22. The theaters are dark and, by law, not … » Read

Ralph Remington, former actor and regional chief of Actors Equity Los Angeles, has been appointed as the director of cultural affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission. Currently deputy director for arts and culture in Tempe, AZ, Remington … » Read

The People’s Symphony Concerts has long been known for the rare combination of bargain-basement ticket prices and high-quality performances. Founded in 1900, managed by Frank Solomon for the last half-century or so, PSC like the rest of the … » Read