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Russian opera ‘Boris Godunov’ to open next La Scala season

Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala has announced the celebration of next season’s gala premiere; the company’s 2022-23 calendar was set long before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Michael San GabinoMay 25, 2016

Stanisław Moniuszko: The Most Famous Polish Composer You Don’t Know (But Should)

Stephen RaskauskasMay 16, 2016

How Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Developed His Chops Singing Motets by J.S. Bach

Michael San GabinoMay 12, 2016

5 Rising Stars in Classical Music Who Got Their Start in Chicago

Video: Pianist Kimberly Han, 18, Plays Bach, Haydn, Chopin

Keegan MorrisAugust 14, 2019

Beneath the Tiffany Dome of the Chicago Cultural Center, 18-year-old pianist Kimberly Han performed works by Bach, Haydn, and Chopin.

Multiple women say opera star Domingo sexually harassed them

Associated PressAugust 13, 2019

For decades, Plácido Domingo has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.

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Maestro Mariss Jansons (Photo: Bayerischer Rundfunk)

Conductor Mariss Jansons on Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony, Music, and Politics

Michael San GabinoApril 10, 2016

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, titled “Leningrad,” was written during one of the most horrific sieges in history. From 1941 to 1944, Hitler’s army surrounded Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), and over one million civilians died. Conductor Mariss Jansons, renowned for his interpretations of Shostakovich symphonies, has a particularly interesting connection to Leningrad. Jansons was born in Soviet-controlled Latvia. Later, he would ...

Leif Ove Andsnes (Photo: Gregor Hohenberg)

Leif Ove Andsnes on Becoming Beethoven, Brahms

Stephen RaskauskasApril 8, 2016

"I just finished a four year Beethoven journey where I immersed myself in the music of this great composer, especially his five piano concertos," says Andsnes. "I basically just played Beethoven for years."

The Truth About the “Worst Singer of All Time,” Florence Foster Jenkins, Told by Her Accompanist

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 30, 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. Yet, she made her Carnegie Hall debut to a completely sold-out house on October 25, 1944.

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