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Playlist: Music for All Souls Day

All Souls Day (November 2) is a day of prayer and remembrance for departed loved ones observed in many branches of Christianity.

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 15, 2017

Hear Kirill Gerstein Play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 the Way Tchaikovsky Intended

Becky NystedtNovember 8, 2017

Video | Try a Virtual Sound Therapy Session to Block Out the Noise in Your Life

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 3, 2017

VIDEO | Watch Mozart’s Requiem With a Día de Los Muertos Twist

Harris Theater Announces 2020-2021 Season

Daniel GoldbergFebruary 6, 2020

The season, which runs from August 19, 2020, to May 6, 2021, features 36 performances including vocal recitals, symphonic concerts, and ballet performances.

Is This the Real Life? Opera Artists on Singing ‘Verismo’ With Muti & CSO

Michael San GabinoFebruary 5, 2020

Rather than depicting nobility or mythology, 'verismo' opera tells stories of everyday people, and 'Cavalleria rusticana' by Pietro Mascagni is a premiere example of the genre.

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Through a Farce Darkly: How a Glinka Overture Became the Theme Song for the Sitcom ‘Mom’

Candice AgreeOctober 27, 2017

Let’s pretend. Let’s pretend that one of the classical world’s most famous opera overtures is heard by some 12 million people, every week, on TV. More amazingly, it’s neither on a public television station nor the opening music for a roundtable news program. Instead, in this fantasy world it’s in a half-hour situation comedy created by the same man who’s brought to TV Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg, Cybil, Mike and Molly, and Young Sheldon, to name a few.

Hear the Timeless Sound of Yma Sumac, the Soprano Called “a Descendant of the Last of the Incan Kings”

Galilee AbdullahOctober 26, 2017

Imagine you’re seated in Royal Albert Hall in London. You look to the stage and see a woman in a glamorous, feathered skirt. Her headpiece crowns her like royalty, and her neck drips with jewels that glow in the dim lights of the hall. When she opens her mouth, you wonder, “Is that a canary?” But you are witnessing none other than soprano Yma Sumac.

Inside the Score: Adolphe Adam’s Giselle

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 25, 2017

Joffrey's Scott Speck, who co-authored Classical Music for Dummies, explains how music helps to tell the stories you see on stage.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff