Following the lead of Covent Garden, the Teatro Real, and a number of other European houses, the Deutsche Oper Berlin has canceled planned performances by Plácido Domingo in 2020-21. He was to appear in Don Carlo , the opera with which he … » Read

In response to growing criticism, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) has cut ties with conductor Stephen Lord, who had been scheduled to conduct La Traviata in the Spring of 2021. Lord has conducted at the COC four times over the last decade, most … » Read

Edward Nelson has won the 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup. At the competition final on Mar. 7, the 31-year -old American baritone sang two dramatic arias from Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet and clinched his victory with a riveting performance of … » Read

San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed [pictured] has prohibited all gatherings of 1,000 or more, forcing the SF Symphony to cancel more concerts, through March 25. They include performances by the SFS, its Youth Orchestra, and recitals by flutist … » Read

The Los Angeles Opera has released the results of its investigation of former General Director Plácido Domingo and found sexual harassment allegations against him to be credible.   The investigator interviewed 44 people, 10 of whom … » Read

Anton Coppola, who enjoyed one of the longest careers as a conductor in modern times, died in Manhattan on Mar. 9 at age 102. A patriarch of the Coppola family, he was uncle to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actor Talia Shire, and great uncle … » Read

Berlin Culture Senator Klaus Lederer has closed the city’s larger state theaters, concert halls, and opera houses to halt the spread of the coronavirus.   As of Monday, Germany had registered 1,139 coronavirus cases with two … » Read

All performances at the Bayerische Staatsoper [pictured] have been cancelled up to April 19. The company reports it will make selected performances available as a live stream or video-on-demand. The former are already scheduled for a concert on … » Read

All Vienna opera and concert venues are closed through March 31. Theater an der Wien's highly anticipated event of the year--Beethoven's second version of Leonore in a production by Christoph Waltz--is scheduled for March 16. The Theater is … » Read

In his first season as music director, Fabio Luisi will lead the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in eight programs, two of which—Verdi’s Requiem and Otello in concert-- highlight his strong suit in opera. Otherwise, it’s Brahms, … » Read