Classical musicians on opposite coasts in the U.S. are taking music to the public in an intimate, up-close-and-personal manner in an effort to keep their art alive while awaiting the pandemic’s end and the opportunity to once again come … » Read

The box office for a new online live concert platform, Dreamstage.live, is officially open, with tickets for the inaugural, August 22 concert by cellist Jan Vogler and pianist Hélène Grimaud going for $25. Artists set their own … » Read

A coalition of over 125 performing arts organizations--ranging from Opera America and the National Association of Teachers of Singing to Athletes and the Arts and the Oahu Band Directors Association—is researching the effects of COVID-19 … » Read

Tulsa Opera will open its 2020-21 season on October 9 with a new Rigoletto , staged on the local, Tulsa Drillers' ONEOK ballfield, which, even with proper social distancing, can accommodate a crowd of 2,700. Baseball fans are encouraged to … » Read

There’s a telling photo included in the booklet for the world premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison . Taken in 1922 at the inaugural International Society for Contemporary Music Festival in Salzburg, there she stands, … » Read

As an antidote to the cessation of live performances necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is going digital in a big way. From Sept. 2020 through April 2021 the company, in collaboration with the Austin Opera, … » Read

There is no hiding the fact that American orchestras have a “diversity deficit.” In 2014 African American and Latinx musicians comprised just 2.5 percent of professional orchestra members in the U.S. Orchestral programming mirrors … » Read

Damon Bristo recently resigned director of artistic administration for the Opera Theater of St. Louis. He had been placed on unpaid leave upon his arrest on July 23 for child sex trafficking in the second degree. The news was first reported on … » Read

The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) has named Tazewell Thompson as director of opera studies in the school’s Vocal Arts Division. The Harlem native, who assumes his position immediately, is charged with developing a cohesive vision for the … » Read

Pondering the state of classical music, especially opera, in a post-Covid world is not a happy pastime. Indeed, one wonders when, if ever, it will again be possible to see operas we want to see—including demanding ones of ample … » Read