Lisa Richards Toney, a self-described consultant in arts management and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), is to be the new president and CEO of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), effective July 1. She succeeds Mario … » Read

American bass John Macurdy, a stalwart at the Metropolitan Opera for nearly 40 years, died at 91 on May 7. The Detroit native stepped onto the Met’s stage 1,001 times to sing 62 different roles, from his 1962 debut in Verdi’s Un Ballo … » Read

The Salzburg Festival’s 100 th anniversary season will be a severely curtailed one, due to the Austrian government’s coronavirus containment measures. It will run from August 1 to 30. Instead of 200 events over 44 days at 16 … » 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

No one could have predicted the value of A New Century , the latest recording from the Cleveland Orchestra and the first release on its new in-house label. Conceived as the kickoff to a new, post-centennial era under Music Director Franz … » Read

Brian Cole, interim chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) since August of 2019, has been appointed to the position permanently. The news was announced by the 17-campus UNC System’s Interim President Bill … » Read

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — Riccardo Muti will conduct a youth orchestra in an open-air concert launching the annual Ravenna Festival next month in what organizers billed Friday as Italy’s first live classical music performance since its … » Read

Finland’s Lahti Symphony Orchestra has announced Dalia Stasevska as successor to Dima Slobodeniouk in the role of chief conductor with the start of the 2021/22 season. The 36-year-old Ukrainian-born conductor’s three-year contract … » Read

No one knows when theaters and concert halls will be ready to host full houses again, but in the meantime a great many people are trying to figure out the best way to assure that venues can be properly disinfected between shows. One Buffalo-based … » Read

The Austrian government has given the green light for concerts to resume and the end of the month for audiences of up to 100, for audiences up to 250 by July 1, and up to 500 by August 1. The Vienna Philharmonic has issued a report stating that … » Read