LONDON—As with London buses, so with the operas of Monteverdi. You wait ages to catch one and then two come along at once. A pair of them hit England’s summer festival stages over the same June weekend in a clash of diaries (as well … » Read

On June 19 Kennedy Center leadership submitted a court filing saying the arts center will remain open beyond the July 5 th date of an earlier announced two-year closure for renovation. Public access to the memorial exhibit to President John F. … » Read

The Berlin Philharmonic is planning to close its performance hall, the Philharmonie, for an eight-year renovation starting in 2032, the orchestra’s 150 th anniversary. A feasibility study obtained by Van Magazine estimates the project will … » Read

Italian conductor Antonello Manacorda is to be the new artistic and music director of the French orchestra Les Siècles. He succeeds François-Xavier Roth, who founded the Baroque specialist ensemble in 2003 and withdrew in 2024 … » Read

On June 13 five competing teams of composers and librettists gathered at Morehouse College for the fifth edition of the 96-Hour Opera Project at The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival. They were challenged to develop original stories centered on … » Read

The June 12 Lincoln Center premiere of Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13 ( Hallucination City ) for 100 Guitars was haunted by the ghost of a New York City that no longer exists. Branca emerged in the experimental scene of early 1980s … » Read

OJAI, CA – Like Brigadoon, the small California town of Ojai comes to life once a year on a single weekend in June with an improbably durable, world-class music festival. This time, it was observing its 80th year, part of a continuous … » Read

Cincinnati Opera's mainstage season, June 18 to August 2, features three productions—Strauss’s Salome (June 18 and 20), Bizet’s Carmen (July 25-Aug.2), and the world premiere of Lalovavi by Kevin Day and Tifara Brown (July 9 and … » Read

Pianist Igor Levit is partnering with Sony Classical to launch his own recording label, “No Silence,” which, he says, has been inspired by “Against Silence, Against Anti-Semitism,” an event he co-organized after the Hamas … » Read

LONDON—Established in 1922 in the town of the composer’s birth, the Halle Handel Festival is a Mecca for those seeking a deep dive into the works of one of the Baroque’s most successful and accessible musicians. The 2026 … » Read