SAN FRANCISCO—Director Keturah Stickann’s delightfully entertaining new production of Handel’s Rinaldo for West Edge Opera turns on a simple but probing observation. The opera’s libretto, drawn like so many Baroque plots … » Read

Musicologist Linda Fairtile spends her days running the Parsons Music Library at University of Richmond; her nights she devotes to studying the scores and correspondence of famous composers. A favorite—Giacomo Puccini—presented a … » Read

The spirit of Richard Strauss must be smiling on Leon Botstein and his annual SummerScape festival at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: The new production of Die ägyptische Helena , which ended its five-performance run on August 2, … » Read

The 48 th and final season of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will consist of seven programs, four by the BPO and three by the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO). Founder and director Benjamin Zander will be on the podium for all. … » Read

Next summer San Diego will launch an Arts Pass offering residents and tourists free or discounted access to events at more 40 cultural organizations. The pass, created by the non-profit organization Vanguard Culture, is expected to cost $90 for … » Read

A recent decision by Germany’s Munich Regional Court dealt a sharp blow to Suno, the U.S.-based AI generative music company. The court found that Suno breached copyright laws by using and storing songs from GEMA’s catalogue for … » Read

CHICAGO—With Chicago bona fides across the bill, the Grant Park Music Festival’s July 31 concert may well have been hometown pride night. Neither conductor Kedrick Armstrong nor violinist Gabriela Lara was born in Chicago: Armstrong … » Read

The Library of Congress’s (LC) 2026-27 season offers a rich menu of musical offerings that commemorate America 250, the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and 200 years of Beethoven’s legacy. Many of the programs draw … » Read

L2 Artists has increased its roster by eight, bringing the total to 56. New conductors are the Finnish-American Ari Pelto , recently named music director of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, in addition to being music director of Opera … » Read

A two-year independent investigation of sexual abuse at Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan has uncovered 70 firsthand accounts by alumni of misconduct by 47 adults ranging from grooming and flirting to intercourse, all … » Read