Metropolitan Opera announces new opening date of December 31, 2020
Fall performances canceled in response to the health crisis New York, NY (June 1, 2020)—The Metropolitan Opera announced today that the company has made the…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Quebec announces $400 million for cultural relaunch plan
Minister of Culture and Communications Nathalie Roy announced today a cultural relaunch plan with a budget of $400 million. Nearly $290 million will be invested…
Kamloops Symphony Orchestra renews Dina Gilbert as music director
KAMLOOPS B.C. May 27, 2020. At a time when many arts organizations are cutting back or even cancelling seasons, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) is…
France will reopen its concert halls in June
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has announced France’s second phase of deconfinement. Museums and historical monuments will reopen throughout the country as of June 2. Concert…
Metropolitan Opera will launch the Met Opera Global Summer Camp
New York, NY (May 27, 2020)—On June 15, the Metropolitan Opera will launch the Met Opera Global Summer Camp, a new educational initiative to engage…
Luciano Berio: Coro Cries of London (Bis)
Since we’re unlikely in the next few years to hear another live performance of Berio’s massive Sinfonia – his collage tribute to Mahler’s second symphony…
Gustavo Gimeno to conduct distanced Concertgebouw Orchestra
AMSTERDAM, May 28 2020 – Under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno, the Concertgebouworkest has been working towards a configuration on the ground floor of the…
Newswire | IDAGIO launches Global Concert Hall
BERLIN, 28 May 2020 – IDAGIO, the leading streaming service for classical music, launches the Global Concert Hall, a new online concert venue made available…
Jeunesses Musicales Foundation overhauls Do-Mi-Si-La-Do-Ré contest after public outcry (dup)
The Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation has reorganized its Home Sweet Home (Do-Mi-Si-La-Do-Ré) Contest in response to criticism of a public voting system that apportioned voting…
Listen Local: A new series of free virtual concerts presented by the Orchestre classique de Montréal
Montreal, Wednesday May 27, 2020 – In honor of Quebec’s National Holiday, celebrated in the month of June, l’Orchestre classique de Montréal will offer four…
