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

Timing can be everything. On the same day that the Kennedy Center received news it was to receive $25m as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), the Center’s president, Deborah Rutter, informed the 96 … » Read

We will be updating this list twice weekly. Please note that Central European Time (CET) is currently six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Contact editor@musicalamerica.com .   Monday, March 30 Noon CET: Staatsoper unter den Linden. … » Read

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has come up with an ingenious way to engage with its audience in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. At 9pm each night, members of the ensemble post short excerpts of works by Bach and others online via … » Read

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded $89 million of the Metropolitan Opera’s taxable municipal debt to junk bond status as a result of the pandemic-driven decision to cancel the remainder of the company’s season. A further … » Read

WARSAW, Poland — Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world’s most important contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like The Shining and Shutter Island , died … » Read

The Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled its summer tour of South Korea and Vietnam, scheduled for June 21 to July 3. The tour was to honor restored diplomatic relations with Vietnam and Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s recent … » Read

With the much-anticipated Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, due to be passed into law by Congress and signed by the White House presently, the federal government is now poised to join the relief effort. The 883-page bill … » Read