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Playlist: Beginner Concertos to Excite the Senses

Classical concertos are a great entry point for beginners. High-flying, exciting, virtuosic, they are often a pinnacle of solo performance.

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]

La Scala announces 2021-22 season, with hope of fewer limits

Associated PressJune 1, 2021

Milan's famed Teatro alla Scala has announced a 2021-22 season of 13 operas, seven ballets and numerous concerts as Italy's most important theater looks toward a gradual removal of pandemic restrictions.

Religious leaders, artists honor George Floyd in concert

Associated PressJune 1, 2021

Religious leaders, musical guests, spoken word artists, and politicians gathered for a concert in Houston, the hometown of George Floyd, to commemorate the anniversary of his death.

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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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