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In one Ukrainian city, ballet in a bomb shelter is an escape from the horrors of war

Practicing in a bomb shelter means the girls can keeping dancing through the almost hourly air raid alerts.

Robbie EllisApril 7, 2020

Video: Some Infectiously Fun and Incredibly Fast Music on a Wurlitzer Organ

Estlin UsherApril 7, 2020

6 Hours, 12 Countries, 250 Performers: ‘The Lunar Opera’ Gets the Virtual Treatment

George PrestonApril 6, 2020

Beethoven Said It First: ‘Oh what joy, in the open air!’

Playlist: 10 Underrated Songs to Remember Stephen Sondheim

Adela SkowronskiDecember 31, 2021

Labels really don’t work with Sondheim, who had one foot in the Golden Age and the other in what came next.

Vivaldi Opera Gets Premiere in Ferrara Nearly 300 Years Late

Associated PressDecember 31, 2021

The Catholic Church and the northern Italian city of Ferrara are making their peace with Antonio Vivaldi nearly 300 years after the city's archbishop effectively canceled the staging of one of his operas.

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With Opera Houses Closed, Soprano Sings for Her Alpacas

Keegan MorrisApril 2, 2020

An audience is an audience, no matter who (or what species) is in it. Case in point: Erin G. McCarthy recently gave a quick recital in her barn to an audience of three alpacas.

Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought virus

Associated PressApril 2, 2020

Marsalis was born in New Orleans, son of the operator of a hotel where he met touring Black musicians who couldn't stay at the segregated downtown hotels where they performed.

WFMT Hosts and Staff Share Their Favorite Poems

Keegan MorrisApril 1, 2020

April is National Poetry Month, so there's no better time to share, revisit, or discover wonderful poetry. Here are our picks.

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