The San Francisco Opera has launched a campaign to raise $5 million in pledges, donated tickets, or annual gifts by November 23, to be matched by funds from a group of donors. The Company Relief Challenge, as it is called, is designed to raise … » Read

Thierry Fischer, music director of the Utah Symphony since 2009, has decided to stay for a little while longer, reversing a decision announced in May 2019 that he would be leaving at the close of his current contract, in August 2022. At the time … » Read

For arts and culture professionals, the fallout from Covid-19 has been immediate, and now threatens to become long-term. This past July the Mass Cultural Council projected that more than 17,000 nonprofit arts jobs would be affected by the … » Read

So much for the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s much touted “triumphant return to the concert hall” on October 9. Billed as its first concert together since March, with an audience that included HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam and … » Read

What with Lincoln Center shuttered and the Metropolitan Opera’s 2020-21 season cancelled entirely, it’s hardly surprising that the New York Philharmonic is following suit, announcing today the cancellation of all of this … » Read

Sedgwick Clark, longtime features editor of the Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, has retired after nearly 30 years in the job. He will stay involved in an “emeritus” capacity. Susan Elliott remains … » Read

American opera singers living and working in Germany cannot help but contrast their experiences with those of their contemporaries in the U.S. “It’s very disorienting… because most of the news that we see relates to what is … » Read

MILAN -- One positive outcome of the pandemic’s restrictions has been the chance to hear new and unusual repertoire in Milan. Riccardo Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala, relieved of pressure to fill seats (La Scala's audience has been … » Read

On Oct. 12 the U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed grants of £257mn ($337mn) to 1,385 arts organizations across England. “This life-changing funding will save thousands of cultural spaces … » 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