News
Chicago Symphony to make debuts in Korea, Taiwan and Mexico next season – May 08, 2012
Continuing the emphasis on international touring that has been an early hallmark of the Riccardo Muti era, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will make its [...]
Boston Symphony starts free online streaming of weekly concerts today – Apr 24, 2012
For those outside of Massachusetts who can’t make it to the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concerts at Symphony Hall, now you can just log on [...]
With its budget balanced, New York City Opera to serve up Britten, Adès, Rossini and Offenbach in 2013 – Apr 18, 2012
Two twentieth-century operas by British composers, rarely heard Rossini, and a winsome opéra bouffe by Offenbach will make up New York City Opera’s 2013 [...]
Fleming, Hampson, and Barenboim featured in Boston Celebrity Series’ starry 2012-13 season – Apr 14, 2012
The Celebrity Series of Boston will offer an array of classical superstars in its 2012-13 season including Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Daniel Barenboim and Gil [...]
Boston’s Celebrity Series launches new concert partnership with Longy School – Apr 06, 2012
The Celebrity Series of Boston has entered into a new partnership with the Longy School to present a debut artist series at the Cambridge [...]
Chicago Opera Theater plans adventurous 2013 season of Glass, Piazzolla and Verdi – Apr 04, 2012
Philip Glass opera returns to Chicago after a long absence, along with Piazzolla’s only stage work and rarely performed Verdi in Chicago Opera Theater’s [...]
“Bel Canto,” a new opera based on Patchett novel, to premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2015 – Feb 28, 2012
UPDATED. The opera that Renée Fleming, the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s creative consultant, has chosen for the company’s new commission is a tale of [...]
David Finckel leaving Emerson Quartet – Feb 15, 2012
After 34 years as one of the top chamber ensembles, the Emerson String Quartet is bidding farewell to one of its founding members. Cellist [...]
San Francisco Opera to present three American world premieres in 2013 – Jan 18, 2012
San Francisco Opera announced its 2012-13 season Tuesday, and unveiled plans for three world premieres next year, all by American composers. The three new [...]
Netrebko’s debut, Fleming as Blanche, and a Wagner spectacle on tap in Lyric Opera’s 2012-13 season – Jan 17, 2012
The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 58th season will bring a varied and well-balanced lineup featuring Richard Strauss’s Elektra, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, Massenet’s Werther, a double shot [...]
