Strauss heirs must share opera royalties
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A court has ordered heirs of composer Richard Strauss to share royalties with the heirs of librettist and poet Hugo von Hoffmansthal for nine collaborations, including the popular operas "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Elektra."
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Documents belonging to Bing Crosby's business associates can be released in a row over royalties, a court rules.
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Fisk Universityâs board of trustees has agreed in principle to share ownership of its prized Alfred Stieglitz Collection with the new Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas in exchange for $30 million.
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A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon.
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Gerard Mortier, currently the director of the Paris National Opera, will succeed Paul Kellogg.
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By The Associated Press  The Los Angeles Opera has received a $4 million donation for a multiyear "Recovered Voices" project that will produce music the Nazis tried to silence.
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Every opera season demands a scene-chewing scandal to feed fansâ appetites for outsize drama, and this summer that niche has been filled in Europe by the new production here of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger.â
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If an opera is written and sung in English, why the need for titles?
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Opera in Denmark has a new home after a wealthy businessman signed over a 2.5 billion-kroner (336 million euro, US$417 million) opera house on Copenhagen's waterfront to the government Friday.
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The spectacular art collection of a German multi-millionaire goes on show Wednesday amid a raging debate about the source of his fortune: an inheritance from his grandfather, a top Nazi industrialist.
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A German court on Thursday began considering a lawsuit seeking royalties from the heirs of German composer Richard Strauss for nine works, including opera favorites "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Elektra."
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South Africa's highest court rules that gay people can inherit the property of their partners who die without a will.
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Calling all opera lovers with a few spare millions: The house where Giuseppe Verdi wrote "Rigoletto" is up for sale.
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The Metropolitan Operaâs new strategy of plugging sudden holes in its casts with big names has its beneficiaries.
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The eight percenters A long-running digital music royalties spat between record companies and organisations collecting on artists' behalf has been settled.â¦
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A collection of items belonging to the late opera star Maria Callas fetches 1.76m Euros (Â£1.26m) at auction.
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The next chapter in the global legal battle between the recording industry and file-sharing services is due to unfold here Monday when the owners of the