Grace Bumbry

The great mezzo-soprano and St. Louis native Grace Bumbry will be one of the recipients of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors.

The other recipients of the 32nd edition of the Honors, to be to be honored at the 32nd annual…

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra president Fred Bronstein has another new initiative, and it’s one that will benefit everyone within earshot of KFUO-FM (99.1) by radio or by Internet: broadcasts of the SLSO, both live and archival performances.

They’ll start at 7:30…

NEW YORK – I planned my trip to New York around the happy confluence of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s annual concerts at Carnegie Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings, and soprano Christine Brewer’s scheduled Bruennhilde in “Die Walkuere” at…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced a cast change for the SLSO’s April 17 and 18 performances of Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at Powell Symphony Hall. Joshua Winograde has withdrawn; bass-baritone Eric Owens will replace him in the…

This weekend, operatic legend Grace Bumbry will receive the key to the city that once rejected her, along with a “Lifetime Achievement in the Arts” award.

Miss Bumbry, 72, was born in St. Louis and graduated…

The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto classic Lucia di Lammermoor, seen in high-definition broadcast at the St. Louis Art Museum on Saturday afternoon, offered a made-for-HD quartet of lead singers, a handsome, mostly well-thought-out production, and an…

Here’s the SLSO’s official announcement of the 2009-2010 season:

SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 SEASON

St. Louis (February 10, 2009)—The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) announces its 2009-10 season: the orchestra’s 130th since its founding in 1880, and fifth under Music…

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform the Verdi Requiem, 8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14. $25 to $110.

Pianist Orli Shaham, David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform “A Broadway Valentine,” 3 p.m. Feb. 15. $25…

Bass-baritone Roberto Scandiuzzi has withdrawn from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra upcoming performances of the Verdi Requiem, for unspecified reasons.

Taking his place is Kyle Ketelsen, a fine singer and former St. Louisan who has performed at Opera Theatre of St.…

If you should someday find yourself running an opera company, keep this in mind: Don’t ever put a choreographer in charge of an entire production, unless dance is really all you care about. (And in that case, you should be…