Financial Problems Lead to Opera Orchestra Cancellation
The Opera Orchestra of New York's concert performance of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" scheduled for March 7 at Avery Fisher Hall because of a "loss of funding."
View ArticleBach at One Series Returns in New York
The Bach at One series was suspended in January and resumed on Monday.
View ArticleManhattan School of Music's Robert Sirota to Step Down
After seven years as president, the longtime educator Robert Sirota will step down to concentrate on his composing.
View ArticleDouble Improvisation: Trinity Choir Changes Plans for 'Improvised Passion'
Trinity Choir adjusts its plans for an "improvised Passion" on Sunday.
View ArticleMet Opera to Broadcast 'Ring' Cycle in Movie Theaters in May
It will recycle the HD transmissions of the individual operas as they appeared over the last two seasons.
View ArticleMetropolitan Museum Revamps Concert Series
The Met Museum Presents series will have a heightened emphasis on programs tied to Met exhibitions and collections.
View ArticleCarnegie Hall Announces Program Change
The violinist Gil Shaham replaces the pianist Yefim Bronfman as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. Shaham will play Brahms's Violin Concerto instead of the...
View ArticleTanglewood Revisits Its Past, for All to Hear
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass., offers a daily series of 75 downloads of recordings from its archives, free the first...
View ArticleAn Outsize 'Ring' on a Living-Room Scale
Deutsche Grammophon is about to release Robert Lepage's gigantic production of of Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the Metropolitan Opera on eight DVDs or five Blu-ray discs.
View Article'The Rite of Spring' Still Grist for Discussion
A group of scholars convene at the University of North Carolina to examine the lasting and pervasive influence of a ballet almost 100 years old.
View Article92nd Street Y Announces New Concert Season
The organization will open its 2013-14 concert series in the Kaufmann Concert Hall with a program chosen through online voting.
View ArticleSan Francisco Symphony Musicians Go on Strike
Using a kind of brinkmanship that has become commonplace in contract negotiations of symphony orchestras, the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony went on strike on Wednesday, a week before a...
View ArticleSan Francisco Symphony’s East Coast Tour Is Canceled as Labor Talks Break Down
Talks with the musicians, who went on strike on Wednesday, mainly over wage issues, broke down on Sunday evening.
View ArticleNext Concert Season at the Met Will Include Music in Galleries
Limor Tomer, general manager of concerts and lectures, continues to forge a new path for the museum's concert series.
View ArticleEchoes of Folly at Early Music Fringe Events
Short concerts by Mylène Bélanger, a harpsichordist, and the Sebastians, an instrumental group, were a chance to catch up with some young, rising stars.
View ArticleSome Misses and Hits at Boston Early Music Festival
At the Boston Early Music Festival a concert by the Hilliard Ensemble disappoints but Convivium Musicum saves the (next) day.
View ArticleThe Consolations of a Schubert Sonata Surplus
Pondering the happy results of listening to three performances of Schubert’s final piano sonata, the B flat, in one week.
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Makes Contract Offer to Musicians
The Minnesota Orchestra said Thursday that it had made a fourth contract offer to its players, who have been locked out since Oct. 1 and missed an entire season of concerts.
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Musicians Reject Latest Contract Offer
The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra voted Saturday to reject management's latest proposal for a new contract in the yearlong labor dispute.
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Withdraws From Two Carnegie Hall Concerts
Unable to reach an agreement in a yearlong labor dispute with its musicians, the orchestra announced on Monday that it was withdrawing from two concerts scheduled for November.
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