Davóne Tines has built much of his career around social engagement. The American bass-baritone has fostered projects like The Black Clown , a cabaret-like theatricalization of Langston Hughes’s poem, and VIGIL , a pandemic-era video … » Read

The 104 th season of the San Francisco Opera (SFO) will feature six productions for the third season in a row, down from the once-traditional number of eight. General Director Matthew Shilvock attributes the shorter season to the fact that costs … » Read

The 2026 Tanglewood season, June 21 to Sept. 2, will mix a customary program of classical music concerts featuring guest soloists and ensembles; the July 4th appearance of James Taylor; and three tent-pole series of events curated by Yo-Yo Ma, … » Read

The sudden announcement on Feb. 1 that DT would  close The Kennedy Center on July 4 th for a two-year renovation left many observers gobsmacked. “Was this a deliberate strategy of destruction,” asked Philip Kennicott in the … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—In a season heavy on red-meat repertory staples, the January 29-31 San Francisco Symphony program at Davies Symphony Hall was center cut. The concert opened with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 and closed, after … » Read

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of Monster’s Paradise by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which features a gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable President-King, lampooning U.S. … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s departure from the San Francisco Symphony last year has not left him wanting for new projects. The latest is overseeing the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music next summer, curating five programs between July 23 … » Read

These are desperate times at The Metropolitan Opera. Since the pandemic, the company has withdrawn more than a third of its endowment, about $120 million, to cover operations. What appeared last fall to be a lifeline— a $200 million deal … » Read

The title of So Percussion’s January 23 Zankel Hall program, “American Flow (Vol. 1),” came from hip-hop, where the word “flow” describes the interaction of rapped, percussive lyrics with their musical backing. In … » Read

In what has become a regular occurrence, the San Antonio Philharmonic cancelled its upcoming concerts, on February 13 and 14. The move occurs against the backdrop of an ongoing legal battle between the orchestra and its landlord, Scottish Rite. … » Read