LONDON--A great deal of ink has been spilled this last month on a perennial question: Is the Berlin Philharmonic the world’s greatest orchestra? This September 3 Royal Albert Hall concert, the second of the orchestra’s two BBC Proms … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of the Kennedy Center, according to a spokesperson who said the damage underscores the need to shut down the historic arts venue for renovations sought by President Donald … » Read

Brent Michael Davids’s Requiem for America: Singing for the Invisible People will be introduced to an American audience at a one-night performance in Boston on Nov. 14, six months after its world premiere in London this past May. That gap … » Read

The deteriorating conditions at the Düsseldorf Opera House have forced the Deutsche Oper am Rhein to cancel performances, including all six of Madama Butterly , through the fall, and the opening theater festival on Sept. 13. The Oct. 11 … » Read

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Missy Mazzoli’s desire to compose an opera about the opioids epidemic was sparked by the deaths of two cousins. “One was in 2002 and the other passed away in 2009 and they were both 25,” she … » Read

David and Becky Starobin have sold their pioneering label Bridge to Chandos Records. David, composer and noted guitarist, founded Bridge in 1981 and boldly issued recordings of works by the likes of Elliott Carter, Poul Ruders, Morton Feldman, … » Read

The musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra held a press conference yesterday to announce their unanimous vote to authorize a strike, should they not come to terms with management by September 23, when their recently extended contract expires. … » Read

Lawrence (Larry) Edelson is to remain as general director of the Chicago Opera Theater through 2031, the company has announced. He’s been with COT since 2023 and is apparently making quite an impact, financially as well as artistically. … » Read

Students at the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) in Louisville, KY, were told on August 24 that their upcoming production of Ragtime was being cancelled due to community concerns about the musical’s subject matter and language. They … » Read

Despite an ongoing criminal investigation of allegations that Sir John Eliot Gardiner behaved inappropriately towards a female staff member at this year’s Bachfest Leipzig, the board of the Bach-Archiv Leipzig announced on Aug. 27 that the … » Read