For Acclaimed Wagnerian, Less Excess
As Wagner’s 200th birthday approaches, one of his interpreters, the German conductor Christian Thielemann, is in the process of scaling back the ...
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Cliburn confidential: Scipione Sangiovanni
Cliburn confidential 13 of 30 A series of conversations with the Cliburn competitors Scipione Sangiovanni (Pronounced Shee-pe-OH-nehy ...
Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies
So unerring is his feel for the selections on Rodgers & Hammerstein At the Movies, the John Wilson Orchestra’s new disc, you will likely enjoy ...
Le Poisson Rouge and the Metropolitan Opera Present an Evening with Nico Muhly
On Tuesday, composer Nico Muhly will host an evening of music at Le Poisson Rouge in anticipation of his opera Two Boys, which premieres at the Met ...
Opera Australia adds insult to injury
In response to an international outcry about its decision to lay off opera singers for up to three months in order to stage commercial musicals, the ...
Levine returns, the Met abolishes its ballet
Conspiracy theories are flourishing in New York – and in our mailbox – about James Levine’s resumption of his duties as music director and the ...
A New Golden Age For Opera?
"I think opera is experiencing the most creative period it's ever experienced in the last half-century; certainly I would say forever on this ...
Music News: May 21, 2013
Ragazzi's Quarter-Century Celebrations Pacific Boychoir Triennial: Vespers Mary Magdalene: Controversy and Passion Your 'Best Five Minutes'?
Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme Named Best Singers at Opera Awards
The Opera Awards, in their first year, honored achievement during 2012 and were determined by a 10-person jury, following nominations from the ...
Sarasota Opera announces new season
The coming months will bring the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner and the 100th birthday of Benjamin Britten.