In an internal memo obtained by Le Figaro , Paris Opera General Director Stéphane Lissner [pictured] "shares [his] concern" that the company’s losses due to ongoing worker strikes could amount to "at least 12 million euros." Monday … » Read

When California’s groundbreaking AB5 legislation —known as the “gig work” bill—takes effect on January 1, 2020, the ability of arts organizations to hire many of their workers as contractors rather than staff … » Read

When Sandi Macdonald left her job as the Miami residency director for the Cleveland Orchestra to head the North Carolina Symphony in 2011, she joined an organization that was reeling from the aftereffects of the 2007 recession. Steep declines in … » Read

Alain Perroux is to be the general director of Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, as of next month. Perroux, director of artistic administration and dramaturg of the Aix Festival since 2009, succeeds Bertrand Rossi, who has been serving … » Read

Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev is to remain at the helm of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse through 2021; previously he signed a four-year contract in 2016. He has been at the orchestra’s helm since 2008; the 42-year-old … » Read

Manhattan’s newest chic, multimillion-dollar arts venue, the Shed, located in Manhattan's newest chic, multibillion-dollar vertical mall, Hudson Yards, has hired another Brit to helm its artistic team. Joining artistic director and chief … » Read

A new report from the Elbphilharmonie reveals impressive results for the new venue and its adjacent plaza. During the third, 2018-2019 season, the Elbphilharmonie claims to have received 3.6 million guests—904,000 people attended 731 events … » Read

Abbey Simon, an American pianist who considered himself lucky because “I had always known I was a pianist,” died on Dec. 18 in his Geneva home. He was 99. Beginning in the 1940s, Simon established a reputation as a recitalist of the … » Read

Austrian culture officials have taken action in response to the  report issued last week that the ballet academy of the Vienna Statsoper had failed to correct previously found evidence of abuse of its young students. Specifically, the … » Read

Cox Communications, the No. 3 cable provider, has lost a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by the RIAA on behalf of its members, including EMI, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and Universal Music. The labels claimed Cox had … » Read