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10 Classical Earworms: The Mastery Behind Unforgettable Music

This music will stay with you—drawing you back to these pieces time and again.

Keegan MorrisDecember 3, 2020

Meet WFMT’s Newest Voices

Associated PressDecember 2, 2020

Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered

WFMTNovember 19, 2020

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

US soprano, offended by blackface, pulls out of Italy opera

Associated PressJuly 16, 2022

Soprano Angel Blue will be bowing out of La Traviata because the theater recently mounted another Verdi opera using blackface.

Bramwell Tovey, conductor and composer, dies at 69

Adela SkowronskiJuly 14, 2022

After a long bout with cancer, Tovey died on July 12. Tovey appeared as both a conductor and pianist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other top orchestras.

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With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

Associated PressNovember 5, 2020

The December 7 season premiere at Milan's La Scala opera house is being scrapped after a rash of coronavirus infections among musicians and chorus members.