At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped studio at the back of the hall is a command tower, controlling the show’s elaborate video and effects.
The Kosovar learned he’d won a top art world honor as he was dealing with a suspected arson before the Kosovo premiere of his opera.
For a music critic, drawing the violinist Jennifer Koh was a balancing act between perception and creation, not unlike criticism itself.
Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring.
Jon Stewart, Atsuko Okatsuka and Pete Davidson are just three stars making us laugh this month, while cosplayers and fans assemble for the ultimate geek fest.
El órgano del templo en Manhattan resultó dañado en los atentados del 11 de septiembre y al fin fue sustituido. Escucha el sonido de los 8041 tubos.
Trinity’s organ was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks. At last, its replacement has been unveiled. Hear the sound of its 8,041 pipes.
Powell Hall, home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been renovated and expanded, reopening in what the city’s mayor called a “very, very rough year.”
As another classical music season gets underway, we — players, listeners and promoters — should consider the treasure of deep immersion into music.
“Dudamel is our Bernstein,” Mr. Baldwin said at the New York Philharmonic’s opening night gala on Thursday.
From now to the end of October, spooky season takes hold in the five boroughs and beyond with parades, horror films and celebrations of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 50.
Pene Pati made his New York recital debut at the Armory with a program that showcased his voluptuous voice and revealed a chamber musician’s sensitivity to nuance.
The Moab Music Festival offers some of the purest, most intense listening experiences around. But what happens when its signature river dries up?
William Christie, who is being feted for his 80th birthday, planted seeds in fallow grounds that brought forth baroque splendors — both figuratively and literally.
Gustavo Dudamel, soon to start at the New York Philharmonic, is getting to know New York and its favorite foods.
Charles Ludlam’s camp tribute to Maria Callas, featuring the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, is glamorous to a fault at Little Island.
The centennial of Robert Owens, a composer who worked abroad and assimilated into German culture, is being celebrated with a festival in Nebraska.
The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work.
The superstar conductor opened the New York Philharmonic’s season, with his signature thrills that make a traditional concert format seem exceptional.
Demonstrators outside the Royal Opera House protested the Russian soprano’s return to the London stage in a new production of “Tosca.”
The Flanders Festival Ghent dropped a Munich Philharmonic program, citing concerns over a conductor’s possible views on Gaza. German leaders called the move antisemitic.
A novel approach to Mozart’s Requiem, orchestral works by Tania León and music conducted by Joe Hisaishi are among the highlights.
With “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” Mason Bates, a.k.a. DJ Masonic, expands the sound world of the Metropolitan Opera.
Pärt’s 90th birthday has inspired celebrations, including at Carnegie Hall, even as the renowned composer has stopped writing.
Highlights of the season include Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Boulez concerts with the New York Phil and Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new opera about Hildegard of Bingen in Los Angeles.
Christoph von Dohnanyi, who died on Saturday, was a conductor of clarity and poise, as evidenced especially in his output with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Known for his long tenure at the podium of the acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra, he was sought after as a guest with major symphonies and opera companies.
He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.
Covid brought live performance to a halt. Now the audience for pop concerts and sporting events has roared back, while attendance on Broadway and at some major museums is still down.
Patrick Milando, an accomplished French horn player, now splits his time between the orchestra pit and the cockpit, where he teaches budding pilots like he himself once was.
“Angel Island,” an oratorio by Huang Ruo, brings to life the stark poetry of the people who were detained on the California island in the early 1900s.
Gary Graffman, who is turning 95, is a man of many enthusiasms, including citrus infusions.
“It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.
Readers praise plans for more contemporary works. Also: Zelensky and American values; protecting the minority; remote work; the Groucho exception.
After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Messiah” are back in force.
The benefits of group (music) therapy.
Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.
Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
The Wu Tsai Theater will honor a $50 million gift from Joseph Tsai, a founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Clara Wu Tsai, a philanthropist.
The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.
The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.
As it ended a challenging pandemic return, the Met had one last marathon: a matinee, an evening performance, and then moving out as American Ballet Theater moved in.
After a stronger-than-expected season, the orchestra said it would reverse pay cuts imposed at the height of the pandemic.
Amid a labor battle, the continuing pandemic and war in Ukraine, it often felt as though the real drama was in simply putting on a show.