Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera. Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of ...

Opera is considered by many to be the ultimate art form. An eclectic combination of vocal and orchestral music, drama, and emotion, it certainly is the most complete and complex form of art there is.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “I don’t want to exclude anything,” says the Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa, who plans to present Czech music alongside mainstream repertoire in London.

When Contralto Margarete Klose sang in Jenufa at Berlin’s Municipal Opera, she performed excellently. But along with the applause came a shrill of whistles and a thicket of catcalls. It had just been ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...

or things of that kind, it’s improved for our benefit I’m glad to find .. . The slop pot is right there under your nose, a lot of progress is what it shows. The author of this Candide-like scrap of ...

Beethoven, Handel, Mozart: These three musicians changed classical music forever. But there is another, lesser-known musician, who played a crucial part in Western classical music: Jean-Philippe ...

This season sees Chicago’s major opera companies celebrating many anniversaries amid a time of leadership changes. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is not only commemorating its 70th anniversary season, but ...

People don’t refer to Nashville as the Protestant Vatican for nothing. After all, this is an extremely religious place, the home of several seminaries, numerous Christian music companies, hundreds of ...