Canadian Opera Company Dominates Toronto's Dora Awards by Ben Mattison

The Canadian Opera Company has received 16 nominations for Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including five of the six nominations for outstanding opera production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:53pm on October 11, 2017☆⚑

New York City Opera Launches Paid Residency Program for Student Groups by Ben Mattison

Starting this fall, student orchestras and choruses will be able to pay for the chance to rehearse with the music staff of the New York City Opera, the company announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:41pm on October 10, 2017☆⚑

Toronto Symphony Announces 2006-07 Season by Ben Mattison

The Toronto Symphony's 2006-07 season will include festivals of Mozart, Russian music, and new music, as well as concerts juxtaposing Beethoven and Mahler.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:05am on October 8, 2017☆⚑

Report: Met Plans Budget Cuts by Ben Mattison

The Metropolitan Opera is planning to cut its budget for the current season in order to ward off a deficit, the Associated Press reports.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03am on October 7, 2017☆⚑

South Carolina Philharmonic Music Director Nicholas Smith to Step Down in 2007 by Ben Mattison

Nicholas Smith, music director of the South Carolina Philharmonic since 1993, will step down when his contract expires at the end of the 2006-07 season, the Columbia-based orchestra announce…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:11am on October 4, 2017☆⚑

Memphis Symphony to Play Hurricane Benefit October 2 by Ben Mattison

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra will play a free concert on October 2 to raise money for musicians and others suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:03pm on October 1, 2017☆⚑

New York Philharmonic Radio Broadcasts Begin October 3 by Ben Mattison

The New York Philharmonic's weekly radio series begins the week of October 3, the Philharmonic announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:09am on October 1, 2017☆⚑

New York City Opera Reports Rapid Sales for Cheap Tickets by Ben Mattison

Tickets are selling rapidly for New York City Opera's season-opening Opera-for-All Festival, the company says.

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:47am on October 1, 2017☆⚑

Ferneyhough's Shadowtime Has U.S. Premiere at Lincoln Center Festival by Ben Mattison

Brian Ferneyhough's Shadowtime, a "thought opera'" based on the life of philosopher Walter Benjamin, will have its American premiere tonight at the Lincoln Center Festiva…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:30pm on September 30, 2017☆⚑

Spoleto USA Reports Record Ticket Sales by Ben Mattison

The Spoleto Festival USA, which ran May 27-June 12, sold about $2.53 million worth of tickets, just above last year's record-setting total, the Charleston Post and Courier reports.

SOURCE: Playbill at 8:05am on September 29, 2017☆⚑

Soprano Ghena Dimitrova Dies at 64 by Ben Mattison

The powerful soprano Ghena Dimitrova, who performed at La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and other houses around the world, died on June 11, accordin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:23am on September 29, 2017☆⚑

Report: Quebec to Announce New Hall for Montreal Symphony by Ben Mattison

The Quebec government will soon announce plans for a new hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Montreal's La Presse reports.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:29am on September 28, 2017☆⚑

Met to Perform Tosca and Samson et Dalila in the Parks by Ben Mattison

The Metropolitan Opera will perform Puccini's Tosca and Saint-SaêŠns' Samson et Dalila in its Met in the Parks series this summer, the company announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32am on September 26, 2017☆⚑