Dust never has too much time to settle on Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock before another revival comes along, and that’s the way it should be for this classic of American opera, which Blitzstein called a play in music. The … » Read

Norwegian firm Snøhetta has won the bid for the design of Shanghai's Grand Opera House, listed as the most important project in China’s  five-year plan for global cultural influence. The new performing arts center, set for … » Read

Not alone among current presenters aiming for inclusivity, The English National Opera will celebrate, in the words of Artistic Director Daniel Kramer, “the rise of the feminine” in 2019-20. It has enlisted women to direct more than … » Read

Conductor Nil Venditti [pictured], a former principal cello of Rome's Santa Cecilia Youth Orchestra, has evolved into a successful conductor, currently studying in Zürich under the guidance of Johannes Schlaefli, and planning to work with … » Read

When the Metropolitan Opera last did La Clemenza di Tito seven years ago, I thought the time had come for a new production. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 1984 treatment of Mozart’s last opera, together with his companion production of … » Read

Stuart Murphy, chief executive of The English National Opera (ENO), recently announced a series of changes aimed at making going to the opera easier and less expensive. For operagoers who have to catch a train home after the performance or just … » Read

Her concerts in Los Angeles this week nothwithstanding, a recent article in the Guardian indicates that City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Music Director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla has cancelled all guest conducting for at least two years. … » Read

The Shed, set to open this week in the Hudson Yards area of Manhattan, has received an added boost of $25 million gift from hedge fund tycoon Kenneth C. Griffin, bringing the amount raised for the venue to $529 million, toward a $550 million … » Read

In recent years, arts and cultural organizations have often conflated community engagement with audience engagement—understandable, perhaps, but the two are decidedly different. Audience engagement, states a blog from American for the Arts, … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has appointed two new conductors, one in the position of assistant, another as a conducting fellow. The two were chosen out of some 600 applicants for the jobs, the latter of which was newly created by Music Director … » Read