The Washington National Opera has sued the Kennedy Center, its former landlord and co-presenter, for $17 million. The WNO exited the Center about a year after the DJT takeover, citing the ensuing precipitous drop in ticket sales and potential … » Read

Vineta Sareika, who made history as the first female concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2023-25, is to take the same position with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as of next season. She succeeds Martin Chalifour, who retired at the end of … » Read

Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee has received the $50,000 Molson Price for outstanding achievements in the arts. The Molson Foundation, named for and funded by the brewery of the same name, supports “the betterment of Canadian … » Read

Opinion / Editorial. In its first reporting since the abrupt announcement of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s unilateral dismissal of its Music Director Andris Nelsons in March , The New York Times —perhaps catching wind that The … » Read

The Sydney-based The Song Company, one of Australia’s leading professional vocal ensembles, will soon cease operations after more than four decades. The announcement comes shortly after the conclusion of its recent tour of a program of … » Read

Double bassist Nathaniel West has received the 2026 C. Hartman Kuhn Award , given annually since 1941 to ’’the member of the Philadelphia Orchestra who has shown ability and enterprise of such character as to enhance the standards and … » Read

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the apparatus and infrastructure of America’s public culture—the gutting of the federal endowments, the assaults on the Smithsonian and the National Park Service, the depredation of The … » Read

Bavarian State Opera has chosen Petr Popelka to succeed Vladimir Jurowski as its chief conductor in 2029. Popelka, 40, is chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony and has been working his way up through the podium ranks with impressive speed in the … » Read

A new report by European Movement UK, a bipartisan group advocating closer U.K.-E.U. relations, has found that nearly half of British musicians have experienced a reduced amount of work in the E.U. since 2021, and more than a quarter have stopped … » Read

At a hastily called press conference on June 5, Düsseldorf Mayor Stephan Keller announced that the plans for a new opera house were being shelved due to financial considerations. "The administration as a whole is required to identify … » Read