In a move intended to “to renew the contemporary Australian repertoire and make it available internationally,” the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced “50 Fanfares,” a major commissioning project. Over the next … » Read

On Saturday night, conductor Carlo Rizzi [pictured] received special applause when, on hearing a phone in the auditorium, he stopped the performance of Welsh National Opera's new production of Verdi's Les Vêpres Sicilienes— not once, … » Read

Milan’s La Scala has cancelled all performances going forward due to the threat of the coronavirus. According to Reuters, Italy is in the midst of the largest outbreak of the disease in Europe, with three dead and more than 150 cases … » Read

Tobi Tobias, longtime dance critic for New York magazine (1980-2002), contributor to The New York Times, The Village Voice, Bloomberg News, Dance Magazine , and other outlets, died on February 13 at her home in Manhattan. She was 81 and had been … » Read

The College of Performing Arts (CoPA) at the New School—which combines the Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and the School of Drama—has a new masters degree program, designed for today’s … » Read

Marguerite Lynn Williams, principal harp of the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra, is to be the new principal of the Minnesota Orchestra, effective next season. Williams--also on the faculties of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern … » Read

Philippe Tondre , principal oboe of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, among other ensembles, is to be the new principal with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He starts officially next season, but has been sitting in with the group since winning the … » Read

New audience research by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) suggests that the outlook for orchestral music is  not as bleak as sometimes portrayed. Among British adults, 73 percent have an active relationship with the art form; that … » Read

Renée Fleming is donating her personal archives to the Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections at Juilliard. The collection documents her career, from its beginnings in the 1980s up to the present, and includes selected correspondence, press … » Read

JERUSALEM--Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a weeklong singing competition organized by Spanish opera star Plácido Domingo in Tel Aviv later this year. Domingo, 80, has withdrawn from all U.S. … » Read