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Angelina Jolie dazzles Venice Film Festival with ‘Maria,’ a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas

Jolie trained for nearly seven months to prepare for the role. The singing in the film is a blend of actor and the real thing.

Associated PressDecember 9, 2020

National Museum of African American Music to open next month

Lisa FlynnDecember 9, 2020

2020’s 8 Best Classical Christmas Albums

Associated PressDecember 7, 2020

NY Philharmonic musicians agree to 4 years of wage cuts

U2, George Clooney, Amy Grant among Kennedy Center honorees

Associated PressJuly 21, 2022

Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Gladys Knight and acclaimed Cuban-born American composer Tania León are also among the honorees.

From the end of the world to your town, Elton John’s goodbye

Associated PressJuly 18, 2022

John has five Grammys, as well as a Tony for Aida. His "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" in The Lion King motion picture has been heard by millions of children.

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Playlist: Telling the Painful and Hopeful Story of the Black Community (Staff Spotlight)

WFMTNovember 19, 2020

In the first of our WFMT Staff Spotlight series, we share a playlist from Tim Russell, the Vice President of Community Engagement at WFMT and WTTW.

Video: Andrew Byun and Victor Asuncion Perform Music by Schumann, Tailleferre, and Beethoven

Keegan MorrisNovember 18, 2020

The duo's stirring performance was given to an empty audience but was broadcast via WFMT and WFMT's social channels.

An Opera Without Precedent: Supreme Court Comic Opera Scalia/Ginsburg

Daniel GoldbergNovember 6, 2020

Even though Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg disagreed on many things, what united them was humor and a love for opera. Composer, librettist, and former attorney Derrick Wang reveals how he created an opera about these two influential figures.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff