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Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work
Facing tepid ticket sales, the company will withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment and stage more operas by living composers, which have been...

Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection
“Our present reality seems to be completely out of joint with universal bonds and perspectives,” the festival’s artistic director said.

Met Opera, Reeling From Cyberattack, Will Sell Tickets on New Site
The company’s computer systems have been down for more than three days. It will now use a Lincoln Center website to offer $50 general admission...

Music Inspired by Notre-Dame Fire Wins a Top Prize
The British composer Julian Anderson won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for “Litanies,” a meditation for cello and orchestra.

Scarred by War, a Ukrainian Children’s Choir Finds Hope in Music
Members of the Shchedryk Children’s Choir have emerged from conflict determined to sing, including at Carnegie Hall this weekend.

In a ‘Sea Change,’ Women of the Philharmonic Now Outnumber the Men
The New York Philharmonic, which was an all-male bastion for most of its 180 years of existence, currently has 45 women and 44 men.

Ballet Theater to Bring ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ to Met Stage
The company’s four-week summer season at the Metropolitan Opera will feature this Christopher Wheeldon ballet, the most complicated work it has staged.

Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.

Music Thwarted by the Holocaust Will Now Be Published
G. Schirmer will publish more than 400 pieces by Jewish composers, allowing them to be heard on a wider scale.

How to Be Medea? Summon Your Anger and Despair, and Hit the Gym.
Sondra Radvanovsky has taken on one of opera’s most grueling roles. “You can’t just act it,” she said. “You really have to live it.”