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Playlist: The Most Nostalgic Classical Music

Beloved music that is sure to conjure up fond, warm memories.

Keegan MorrisSeptember 12, 2019

Lyric Names Next Music Director: Enrique Mazzola To Succeed Sir Andrew Davis

enrique mazzola -- classical music and wine

Michael San GabinoSeptember 12, 2019

6 Classical Music and Wine Pairings That Are Sure To Soothe Your Soul

Keegan MorrisSeptember 12, 2019

Pianist Alon Goldstein performs two Scarlatti sonatas in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio [Video]

Kennedy Center honorees still relish slimmed-down tribute

Associated PressMay 24, 2021

This year's Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it's "the capper on my career."

Wells’ World: Corey Wilkes Melds Chicago Music Past, Present In Documentary Score

Keegan MorrisMay 20, 2021

"I had to think about the Roaring Twenties and music like Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and so on, that Ida B. Wells [would have been] hearing."

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Playlist: 12 Clara Schumann Pieces You Should Know

Daniel GoldbergSeptember 10, 2019

Clara Schumann was one of the 19th century's most celebrated composers and performers for the piano. Ahead of the 200th anniversary of her birth, celebrate her with a playlist of some of her greatest compositions.

Meet the Conductor Who’s Resurrecting Maria Callas (in Hologram Form)

Keegan MorrisSeptember 5, 2019

With a laugh, Irish conductor and composer Eímear Noone describes herself: “My background is very traditional classical, and my love of all things shiny and new and technological brought me to this world where the orchestra meets technology.” By her description, she seems like a logical candidate to conduct a cutting-edge orchestral recital featuring a hologram Maria Callas.

‘He groped me’: Singer Says Opera’s Domingo Grabbed Breast

Associated PressSeptember 5, 2019

The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera’s 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet’s Le Cid, about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right — Plácido Domingo, then the company’s artistic director. The opera, also being filmed for broadcast on public television, was unquestionably a career break for a 28-year-old singer named Angela Turner ...

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