Fabio Luisi wanted his Ring Cycle to be heard and not seen. Wagner’s four-opera epic Der Ring des Nibelungen , approaching the 150th anniversary of its premiere in 1876, has been reinterpreted and deconstructed by directors finding various … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now. Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court … » Read

The 51 st season of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) will present four mainstage productions and two-one-night-only concerts between May 22 and June 27, 2027. Curated by Patricia Racette, the four mainstage presentations, all sung in English, … » 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

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

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 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

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