Michael Cooper
The New York Times
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Our Favorite Arts Pictures of 2020
Celebrities, artists, musicians and actors at home, outdoors and in lockdown: The stories behind the pictures that defined our year. → Read More
The Metropolitan Opera Won’t Reopen for Another Year
The nation’s largest performing arts organization, shut by the coronavirus pandemic, sends a chilling signal that American cultural life is still far from resuming. → Read More
The Met Opera Fired James Levine, Citing Sexual Misconduct. He Was Paid $3.5 Million.
The terms of the settlement between the renowned conductor and the company he shaped have not been previously disclosed. → Read More
The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances
Many artists have not been paid since March at the company, which hopes to return on New Year’s Eve after its longest interruption in over a century. → Read More
Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina Move to Reopen as Hot Spots Emerge
Even as some states move to restart their economies, coronavirus hot spots are emerging, including at a state prison in Ohio. → Read More
New York’s Major Cultural Institutions Close in Response to Coronavirus
The Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and New York Philharmonic announced temporary closures. → Read More
At Mostly Mozart Festival This Summer, Lots of Beethoven
Lincoln Center’s summer festival will also feature Jeanine Tesori’s opera “Blue,” about police violence. → Read More
Allegations Against Plácido Domingo Deemed Credible by L.A. Opera
The company said it had received 10 accusations of “inappropriate conduct” by the opera star, who has begun to face cancellations in Europe as well as America. → Read More
When the Show Must Go On, Even Amid a Coronavirus Outbreak
Learning to perform without live audiences, or sometimes even theaters, as artists adapt to trying circumstances. → Read More
Union Official Resigns Over Handling of Plácido Domingo Inquiry
A vice president of the union said he saw a quid pro quo in a potential settlement with the opera star. But the union said the secrecy was to protect the witnesses. → Read More
Summer at Bard: Nadia Boulanger, Music’s ‘One-Woman Graduate School’
The pathbreaking composer, conductor and teacher of some of the 20th century’s most important composers will be the focus of the Bard Music Festival. → Read More
Plácido Domingo Performances in Madrid Are Canceled After Inquiry
A theater made the move after a union investigation found the opera star engaged in “inappropriate activity” with women. → Read More
Disclosure of Plácido Domingo Allegations Scuttles $500,000 Deal
The opera superstar was discussing an agreement to pay the performers’ union to limit statements about its sexual misconduct investigation, but the arrangement fell apart after details were leaked. → Read More
From Bonn to Vienna, in Search of Beethoven, the Man
It’s the composer’s 250th birthday, and a pilgrimage shines new light on his art and life. → Read More
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Explore Schubert
A festival on “The Magic of Schubert” will anchor its 2020-21 season. → Read More
The Metropolitan Opera’s Fill-In Dutchman: Evgeny Nikitin
Bryn Terfel, the original star of a new production of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer,” broke his ankle and withdrew. → Read More
Lincoln Center’s Next Season: ‘Elektra,’ Cleveland, Rouse
The 2020-21 Great Performers series includes visiting orchestras, chamber ensembles and recitals. → Read More
Bryn Terfel, Injured Opera Star, Leaves the Met’s New ‘Dutchman’
The bass-baritone’s planned return to the company, after eight years, was canceled because of an ankle fracture. → Read More
Bond Over Beethoven Led to Kobe Bryant’s Oscar for ‘Dear Basketball’
A shared love for the master composer connected the Lakers legend who died on Sunday and the illustrator of the short film based on Bryant’s retirement poem. → Read More
The Man Behind the Boston Symphony’s Quiet Success Will Retire
After two decades, Mark Volpe, the chief executive who tripled the orchestra’s endowment, plans to step down. → Read More