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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Up-and-coming musicians, part of a rigorous eight-week intensive program, return to perform in the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (MMF) with a series of immersive performances, operas, and live ...

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 ...