Thrill seekers looking to witness Plácido Domingo etch yet another notch in his record-setting belt should get themselves to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles by May 19, when El Gato Mont é s closes. The title character … » Read

Among the many invisible personnel that make a Metropolitan Opera performance run smoothly, the prompter is essential. More than 200 times a season, Carol Isaac or one of seven other prompters will enter a little box through the orchestra pit, … » Read

Safe to say, Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa is having a very good year. Today, the Metropolitan Opera announced her as the winner of the 14th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award, a $50,000 prize to “extraordinarily gifted singers with … » Read

TULSA, Oklahoma--If ever proof was needed that opera can still surprise, provoke and even have something to say, the Act One Finale of Opera Tulsa’s Don Giovanni is it. Updated to America (ish) and sometime in the 1950s (ish)—neither … » Read

BRUSSELS—There is plenty of visual business to divert the eye in La Monnaie’s abstract new staging of Tristan und Isolde , most of it slow-moving and much of it puzzling. While a touch of mystery is no bad thing—scenic realism … » Read

The increased competition to capture their audiences’ attention has led performing arts organizations to embrace a number of innovative strategies. The Utah Opera is hoping that enlisting a coterie of social media influencers would pique … » Read

Steinway & Sons has unveiled the Lang Lang Black Diamond (LLBD) grand piano, said to be “designed” by its namesake, and sure to be a best seller in his native country, which already accounts for one quarter of Steinway’s … » Read

CHICAGO--All may not be right with the world, but a little bit of heaven prevailed Saturday night at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s concert downtown in Symphony Center. It was the orchestra’s first weekend of subscription … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Louis Andriessen has been a frequent presence at the Los Angeles Philharmonic ever since his hammering, at times grating signature textures for winds, brass, or keyboards blasted through Walt Disney Concert Hall during … » Read

Chad Herzog, co-executive director and programmer of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, is to become executive director of UA Presents, the presenting organization of the University of Arizona. He succeeds Chuck Tennes, who stepped … » Read