As the #MeToo movement continues to pick up steam, performing arts organizations around the country have started to take a long overdue look at harassment complaints new and old. Recent firings and departures that appear…
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OPERA America magazine has announced the most-produced works by American opera companies for the 2016-2017 season. An unusual item in the list is the presence of a recently written opera, the transgender story As One, which describes…
The 2018 Grammy Award winners were announced tonight. The nominees and winners are: GENERAL FIELD Album of the Year: “Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino 4:44 — Jay-Z DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar Melodrama — Lorde 24K Magic — Bruno Mars —…
Musical America magazine has announced its Top 30 Professionals of the Year – the “Movers and Shapers” of classical music in the United States. The recipients are: Douglas Beck, Director, Artist Training Programs, Weill Music…
A controversy has erupted in Western Massachusetts over the Berkshire Museum’s plan to sell some 40 artworks from its collection. The planned auction is, according to a museum spokesperson, intended to shift its mission from…
Musical America has announced its 2018 Artist of the Year: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons. The 38-year-old Latvian conductor’s professional career began as a trumpeter in the Latvian National Opera Orchestra, before transitioning into…
The White House has announced that the United States will withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on December 31, 2018. UNESCO was formally created effective November 4, 1946, as one…
Houston Grand Opera, one of the great opera companies of the United States, was hard-hit by Hurricane Harvey. Just like the Unsinkable Molly Brown, however, Houston Grand is not to be stopped: the company will…
A space between stairs and the wall became a performing space for Loft Opera’s production of Otello. Photo by Alejandro Simonetti. Grand opera is one of the most expensive live art forms in the world…
Michael Friedman, the award-winning composer of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, died today at 41. John Michael Friedman was born on Sept. 24, 1975 in Boston, grew up primarily in Philadelphia, and passed away in Manhattan from AIDS…