LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process and said she was sexually harassed by a top lawyer for the … » Read

Any thought that Recording Academy President/CEO Deborah Dugan might leave quietly after being fired on March 2, evaporated one day later, when her attorneys launched a barrage of new allegations against the organization. Placed on administrative … » Read

BOSTON--Unlikely as it seems, Mitch McConnell launched a feminist rallying cry. “Nevertheless, she persisted,” he said sarcastically of Elizabeth Warren, as she tried to read a letter by Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor. (The … » Read

During his annual visit to the Royal College of Music (RCM), of which he has been President for 27 years, HRH The Prince of Wales conferred honors on several luminaries of the international music world. The musicians honored include conductor and … » Read

Canadian director François Girard came to prominence at the Metropolitan Opera as the result of a single production,  Parsifal,  in 2013. Primarily known for his work in film, Girard has had little experience in other opera … » Read

The Washington National Opera is further distancing itself from its former artistic director by dropping his name from its young artist program, “in light of recent developments.” Rather than Domingo-Cafritz, it will now be call the … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Mounting an opera is complicated, and Yuval Sharon’s company The Industry makes it even more so, on purpose. Sweet Land , its latest attempt to push out the walls of the opera house and sprawl into the surrounding … » Read

VIENNA – Fresh from a triumphant debut as Richard Strauss’s Elektra at Vienna's Staatsoper, Christine Goerke has withdrawn from her planned Bayreuth Festival debut this summer as Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung.   … » Read

David Hallberg, star principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theater, is to be the new artistic director of the Australian Ballet. He succeeds David McAllister, who exits after two decades at the end of 2020. Hallberg’s … » Read

On Mar. 1, after a months-long series of competitions, five singers—three women and two men—emerged as winners of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Now in its 66 th year, the finals competition is the culmination … » Read