London’s Wigmore Hall and the BBC have announced a ray of sunshine amidst the dark clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty hour-long concerts will be performed onstage and livestreamed on the venue’s website, as well as broadcast on … » Read

Peter Biggs, a former CEO of the advertising agency BBDO in Melbourne, is the new CEO of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; he has been serving as interim since December 2019 , stepping into the position of Christopher Blake, who retired in … » Read

Following hot on the heels of operatic galas and new-music marathons from the Met Opera and Bang on a Can, U.K.-based Gramophone magazine came up with the classical music all-star equivalent, a three-hour May 10 virtual concert by 30-or-so of the … » Read

In a move that may well foreshadow decisions to be made by other performing arts organizations, Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater has decided that discretion is the better part of valor; it will not begin its next season until March 2021. … » Read

Collectors abhor missing pieces, so when Linda Murray became the curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts (NYPLPA) in 2015, it was to be expected that she ask, “Why don’t we … » Read

The office of Austria’s Governor Wilfried Haslauer has confirmed that a special committee of federal, state, city, and tourism representatives will meet on May 25 to decide the ultimate fate of the Salzburg Festival 2020. “On the one … » Read

We will be updating this list on Mondays. 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) … » Read

First the Santa Fe Opera cancelled earlier today; now the Chamber Music Festival, slated to run July 19 to August 24, has followed suit. “As with arts organizations around the world that have decided to cancel summer events, many realities … » Read

The coronavirus has claimed yet another victim. Santa Fe Opera has just announced the cancellation of its 2020 season, July 3-August 29, encompassing 39 performances of five operas, including the world premiere of Huang Ruo and David Henry … » Read

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & Culture, with serendipitous timing as theaters throughout Italy and the western … » Read