Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts finds itself in the eye of a hurricane of bad news. On July 29, Kenneth Robinson, the head of the Dr. Phillips Charities, for whom the complex is named, resigned from the center’s … » Read

Harold "Hal" Prince, a towering Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking shows as The Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, Company, and Sweeney Todd and won a staggering 21 Tony Awards, has … » Read

Much in the same way the announcement of a show closing is a surefire way to prompt a last-minute surge in ticket sales, the National Philharmonic has been saved from the shutdown it announced two weeks ago by a last-minute surge in donations. … » Read

Among the plethora of operas having their world premieres by American opera companies this summer, several take on racially charged subjects. Last month Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones , based on a memoir by New York Times … » Read

Beginning Sept. 8, the power of music to unite will be put to the test in Tsinandali, Georgia, where a new music festival will bring together international solo artists such as András Schiff and Yuja Wang with the Verbier Festival … » Read

While travelers on the Baltimore Metro have been reluctant to play a piano recently installed for the public’s use in the Charles Center station, musicians from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) are showing no such reluctance. Locked … » Read

In his blog, former Baltimore Sun music (and, eventually, theater and food) critic Tim Smith is fighting the good fight for the survival of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In his latest argument, he suggests, strongly, that Music Director Marin … » Read

Breaking the Waves , composer Missy Mazzoli [pictured] and librettist Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of Lars von Trier’s eponymous 1996 film, is the feature attraction of the West Edge Opera’s 2019 summer season. “I’m … » Read

The Nashville Symphony has appointed Australia-born Nathan Aspinall [pictured] to be its assistant conductor as of next season; he succeeds Enrico Lopez-Yañez, who was recently named principal pops conductor. Aspinall arrives from the … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic has tapped conductor Herbert Blomstedt as its newest Honorary Member in a short ceremony July 26 in Salzburg, where the maestro will lead the Phil in Mahler's Ninth on August 30 and 31.  When bestowing the honor, the … » Read