The Gran Teatre del Liceu will launch its first new Ring cycle in over ten years next season. The staging by Tobias Kratzer is a co-production with the Bayerische Staatsoper, where it launched in October of 2024 with Das Rheingold ; Die … » Read

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) will mark its 50 th anniversary with an 18-month celebration throughout 2026 and half of 2027. During the past five years the company’s budget has grown to more than $15 million and its audience has increased both … » Read

The tales of musicians refused boarding for a flight because they not allowed to stow their instruments as carry-on luggage are legion. Even the most enlightened policies don’t work if gate agents and ticket sales staff are unfamiliar with … » Read

Since its return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban “outlaws music, and criminalizes performing or even listening to music,” writes Sarah Dawood in Index on Censorship . Thousands of musical instruments and sound … » Read

Xian Zhang will launch her second season as music director of the Seattle Symphony on Sept. 19 with a gala to include Yuja Wang performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The season’s start will also introduce patrons to the … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO )  appears to be spreading its programming wings in 2026–27 season, opening with a jazz gala on September 25 with Music Director Jonathon Heyward and the orchestra spotlighting jazz vocalist Samara … » Read

A well-sourced article in the Washington Post makes the case that the Washington National Opera’s abrupt departure from The Kennedy Center, announced in early January, was the result of truly artful maneuvering by Artistic Director … » Read

The Church of England is underwriting the launch of “The Choir Project” by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) to the tune of £400,000.  Although there were 207 cathedral choirs in England in 2024, a record number, … » Read

The 69 th season of The Dallas Opera (TDO) features four mainstage productions— The Elixir of Love , The Cunning Little Vixen , Turandot , and Lohengrin —as well as two family operas— The Little Prince and The Bremen Town … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO )  appears to be spreading its programming wings in 2026–27 season, opening with a jazz gala on September 25 with Music Director Jonathon Heyward and the orchestra spotlighting jazz vocalist Samara … » Read