Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

OPERA IN THE PARK Portland will make history in summer 2026 by presenting the Oregon premiere of the world's first Mariachi ...

Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts are back with the thrilling return to live performance and cherished archival recordings. The longest-running classical music program on-air, the Met Opera ...

Turnage’s Festen at the Royal Opera House swept all before it, but there was plenty of extraordinary new music, exhilarating performances and triumphs of talent, commitment and resourcefulness across ...

The solstice is past and the days are getting longer — what could be better news? And for classical music lovers, there’s a happy new season to look forward to. I can’t deny it. The single event I’m ...

The city of Magdeburg, some one and a half hours west of Berlin, isn't the sort of place that features in international cool city rankings. Still, each year a steady stream of highly qualified young ...

Classical-music devotees who’ve been missing the sound of live music and the camaraderie of intermissions can begin to breathe a sigh of relief as the pandemic, at least around these parts, begins to ...

Classical radio station WCPE in Wake Forest, N.C. has reversed its stance on six contemporary operas in the Metropolitan Opera's 2023-24 season that it had flagged for 'inappropriate' content. After ...

The Houston Ebony Opera Guild is looking to weave a more inclusive version of the Nativity in a free concert at Jones ...

Tell a performer, “Break a leg”, before they take the stage is to wish them good luck, of course. Elias Hendricks broke a leg, literally. Not on stage but on a soccer field—and just before the ...