In a sign of the times, the Eugene (OR) Opera announced it is giving up its residency at a prime venue in town in order to gain more flexibility in its programming. As a resident company at the Hult Center, it is required to produce at least two … » Read

A reporter visits the tiny audio studio at the top of the Metropolitan Opera 30 minutes before a live Saturday Tosca broadcast and interviews cohosts Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff. He writes of them and the nearby audio engineer, “Everyone is … » Read

LONDON—Covent Garden was due a new Billy Budd . The opera debuted there in 1951 and reappeared regularly until the turn of the century, but of late Britten’s opera has been conspicuous by its absence from the London stage, except for … » Read

Characterizing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as “a crown jewel within Chicago’s rich cultural landscape,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has offered to assist in the negotiations between management and the musicians. Both sides … » Read

Marilyn Mason, a concert organist who commissioned over 70 works from living composers and studied briefly with Arnold Schoenberg and Nadia Boulanger, died on April 4. She was 93 and lived in Fort Lauderdale. Among the key points of her career, … » Read

Lorenzo Viotti, 29, is to be the new chief conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera as of the 2021-22 season. He succeeds Marc Albrecht, who exits at the end of 2019-20 after ten years in the dual post. The Netherlands … » Read

In striking contrast to a recent interview with Notre Dame Chief Organist Olivier Latry on NPR , the Associated Press is reporting that Pascal Quoirin, who restored the instrument two years ago, says it wasn’t damaged in the fire that … » Read

An opinion piece in Dance magazine argues that the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) was wrong to have ordered the New York City Ballet to reinstate fired dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro. The two were among three men in the … » Read

ROME--Thieves have stolen 35 rare saxophones from an well-known Italian collection but missed the crown jewel: one that belonged to jazz great Sonny Rollins. Attilio Berni told AFP Tuesday that his collection of 600 saxophones, which has been … » Read

Two weeks ago, The Washington Post ran a story about Eddie Adams , 20, the principal cellist of the George Mason University Orchestra who had grown up in poverty and for whom the cello was a lifelong lifeline. Adams was so impoverished, he had to … » Read