The momentum with which the Washington National Opera left the Kennedy Center and re-established itself as an independent opera company shows no sign of diminishing. Despite earlier indications that its annual American Opera Initiative (AOI) was … » Read

The 65 th season of the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF), under the leadership of Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and Executive Director Emma Kail, offers an inviting menu of programs between July 9 and August 13. A core offering are the … » Read

The recent Carnegie Hall performances by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) drew the kind of rapturous response they’ve been receiving since news broke that Nelsons’s contract as music director would not be … » Read

The Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2026-27 is a mixed bag, offering six staged operas, one oratorio, an opera in concert, a Broadway musical, two films with orchestra, a concert of Wagner excerpts, and one by tenor SeokJong Baek and soprano Sondra … » Read

The centenary of the world premiere of Puccini’s Turandot will be celebrated from July 17 to Sept. 5 at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Tuscany, birthplace of the legendary composer. Kung fu icon Jackie Chan will make his debut as … » Read

Another round of layoffs on April 10 marked the continued countdown for closure of the Kennedy Center on July 7, allegedly for a two-year renovation. Ryan Hamilton, senior director of broadcast, comedy and special programming, and Sammy Miller, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for 34 states suing Live Nation Entertainment tried to convince a jury Thursday during an antitrust trial ’s closing arguments that the company and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster, are monopolizing the … » Read

LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation. Off went the jackets and backpacks, on came burgundy cassocks … » Read

The 2026-27 season of the New World Symphony (NWS) will intermingle masterworks by Beethoven, Ravel, Stravinsky, Mahler, Mozart, et al. with compositions by such contemporary notables as Billy Childs, Kevin Puts, Thomas Adès, Gabriela … » Read

The recently concluded Easter Festival in Salzburg marked the renewal of the partnership, first established in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan, between the Berlin Philharmonic and the festival. The Berliners’ return after a 13-year absence, now … » Read