The effects of the coronavirus are being felt acutely throughout the classical recording business, impacting both major labels and independents.   Warner Classics postponed its April releases after the company’s warehouse in … » Read

An agreement brokered with five of the nation’s most prominent music publishers will enable high school musicians to complete their year-end assessments and classroom instruction without fear of violating copyright provisions. The National … » Read

The San Francisco Opera has been forced to cancel its entire summer season, 18 performances of three operas--Verdi’s Ernani , Handel’s Partenope , and Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs— … » Read

In late March, acclaimed violinist Jennifer Koh inaugurated Alone Together , an online commissioning project. With support from Koh’s artist-driven nonprofit ARCO Collaborative, 21 composers, most of whom occupy salaried positions, will … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled the remainder of its spring season, through June 15, and postponed its Summer at Orchestra Hall 2020 events by one year. At the same time, it is adding four weeks of concerts in August and September 2020, … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera, consistent with the county’s stay-at-home order extension to May 15, has cancelled its staging of Debussy's Pelléas and Mélisande , scheduled May 2 through 23, and its concert performance of … » Read

Edwin Outwater, a former resident conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, CA, from 2007 to 2017, and curator of the San Francisco Sound Box series, is to be the new music director of … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is taking significant steps to support all its fulltime employees during the coronavirus pandemic. The organization’s plan illustrates a refreshing display of unity between management and its musicians. … » Read

Since 2020 is the year devoted to all things Beethoven, it comes as no surprise that accounts of his supposed illegitimate daughter are receiving renewed attention. Maria Theresia Selma Arria Cornelia Minona—later known as Minona von … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera is to take its nightly HD encore streams—which the company says have reached “4 million viewers” since they were launched March 16—to the next level. Scheduled for 1 pm EDT on April 25, the newly … » Read