Wagnerians will miss the Bayreuth Festival this year due to the pandemic, but they can enjoy four of the master’s works originally scheduled for this July and August via a series of virtual broadcasts. In a collaboration with Deutsche … » Read

The Shed, which opened with grand fanfare in April 2019 as a hotbed of cutting-edge avant-gardism, is struggling. It was already having trouble before the pandemic, its all brand new offerings occasionally praised by critics, but hardly the stuff … » Read

Since the lockdown forced it to abandon live performances on March 12, the Metropolitan Opera has been among the most proactive and inventive among performing arts organizations in making its presence felt online worldwide. Its free nightly … » Read

Gabriella Tucci, an Italian soprano who enjoyed a career of more than two decades on international stages, died on July 9 in Rome. She was 90 years old. Although best known for her portrayals in such roles as Aida, Tucci possessed a voice that … » Read

NANTES, France (AP) — French officials launched an arson inquiry Saturday after a fire broke out in the famed Gothic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of the western French city of Nantes. The blaze destroyed the organ, shattered stained … » Read

That Blacks are barely visible in the world of opera is hardly news. The nation’s largest opera company—the Metropolitan Opera—exemplifies their absence. There is only one Black on the Met’s 10-person music staff and only … » Read

As Payroll Protection Plan funds run out, so do the furloughs roll out across the U.S. New York’s arts institutions seem to be of particular interest to out-of-town media outlets. As previously announced , Carnegie Hall this week furloughed … » Read

About 18 months ago, Tom Huang, assistant managing editor for Journalism Initiatives at the Dallas Morning News (DMN) , had to lay off several arts writers and editors due to budget cuts. Then, last summer, Tim Diovanni arrived at the paper for … » Read

The ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic have claimed the fall season of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO). “Our current goal for returning to the stage is now January 2021,” NJSO President & CEO Gabriel van Aalst announced in … » Read

Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov is to be the new music and artistic director of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra. The 32-year-old onetime Mahler Competition winner succeeds Marko Letonja as of fall 2021. Letonja leaves after nine years in … » Read