This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

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

Looking back on 2025 is like trying to recount a dream — a mix of dagger-sharp details and foggy stretches that fall apart ...

There’s surely a thick book to be written about the influence of Javanese gamelan on western classical music. Debussy ...

It won’t whip the llama’s ass, but Opera has added a Spotify visualizer to its latest iteration of its free Opera One browser. Known as Sonic, the visualizer will be part of Opera’s Dynamic Themes, ...

Talking to Melanie Helton and Ricky Ian Gordon is like talking with a brother and sister. Helton and Gordon met 40 years ago when they were starving artists trying to make a living in New York. They ...

Apparently, one amazing music venue just isn't enough for Hamburg, Germany. The city already boasts the Elbphilharmonie – one of the world's most notable concert halls – and now it's lining up a ...

Composer Huang Ruo long dreamed of adapting the classic Chinese tale “Journey to the West” and its mythical character the Monkey King into an opera, but thought that ambition was a pipe dream. “I grew ...

Detroit's Music Hall will launch a new Classic Opera Series, its first in more than 30 years. The series premieres on Feb. 28, 2026, with a concert production of Puccini's 'Turandot'. The performance ...

Opera Philadelphia is adding some extra chills to Halloween week with a series of classic silent horror movies, each paired with live organ music inside the historic Wanamaker Building. Audiences can ...

This October, the Idaho Falls Opera Theatre will take audiences to the movies with its free fall fundraising concert. The concert will take place Friday, Saturday and Monday at the Trinity United ...