Most opera companies have been forced to cancel the remainder of their seasons due to COVID-19. Those listed below have alerted the public. Opera Companies Atlanta Opera Boston Lyric Opera Canadian Opera Company Chicago Opera Theater Dallas Opera … » Read

Judy Drucker, credited with bringing classical music to South Florida, died Monday in Miami at age 91 of complications from Alzheimer’s. Drucker founded the Concert Association of Florida in 1967 and remained at its helm for 40 years, … » Read

Kenneth Wentworth, founder and chairman of the artist management firm Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd., named for his son, died on March 22 in Washington, D.C. He was 92. A pianist who studied under Irwin Freundlich at the Julliard School, he … » Read

The Festival has just announced that it is "suspended." Following is the Festival's own announcement, posted verbatim in the interest of time. It is marked March 31. » Read

Two more festivals have cancelled their upcoming seasons, both of them key players in the realm of contemporary music. The Aldeburgh Festival, founded in 1948 by composer Benjamin Britten, tenor Peter Pears, and librettist/producer Eric Crozier, … » Read

What do you do when you find yourself sitting around in airports, on planes, or in hotel bedrooms? If you’re international concert pianist Stephen Hough, you get out a notebook and jot down ideas. For years, many of his musings—or … » Read

On March 26 the board of regents of the University of Michigan (UM) approved the dismissal of the disgraced opera star David Daniels from his tenured position in the School of Music. Daniels’s fall from the heights of international fame as … » Read

In early March the leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale, located about an hour from Seattle, decided to proceed with their weekly rehearsal, despite the growing threat posed by the coronavirus. Sixty of the choir’s 121 members showed up for … » Read

The Canadian Opera Company has cancelled the remainder of its season, inclusive of Aida , The Flying Dutchman , a free concert series, a fundraiser, and all else, due to concerns over COVID-19. Its two main venues, the Four Seasons Center for the … » Read

In an interview with a local New York City news channel, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb discussed how the company was coping with its lost season , due to COVID-19. He mentioned the terms for the 1,000 full-time furloughed union workers and … » Read