Gustav is not Gustavo: LA Phil goes off the scale

The Kennedy Center, under Donald Trump’s leadership, has canceled its tour of Finn, a children’s musical about a young shark. The Center says it’s for financial reasons. The creative team think otherwise: Dimond & Kooman […]

We understand that the Houston Symphony has suspended its principal horn, Bill VerMeulen, for the rest of the season. Houston is about to host the League of American Orchestras conference and it does not want […]

Singers’ agents tell us of a tsunami of depression that is sweeping through the profession. Opera budgets have been cut, contracts arrive late and the basic security of the profession is under threat. One agent […]