Radio 3 has dumbed down over the years. Here’s the proof

The station’s recent turn to chill-out music and other genres is much lamented as abandoning its original ‘aspirations to ...

The Reach of a Rockstar: Xian Zhang’s historic debut at Benaroya Hall

Xian Zhang, a Grammy and Emmy-winning conductor, has returned to the Seattle Symphony. This time, however, the podium is ...

Rosalía Is Taking Fans to the Ballet and the Opera on Her Lux Tour

The symphonic set includes pirouettes, pointe shoes, tutus, and more ...

How two Dallas groups are reimagining a Stravinsky masterpiece

By the 1910s, Igor Stravinsky had established himself as the legendary composer of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring remain Stravinsky’s best-known ...
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Sarasota Opera performing four operas this week at the Sarasota Opera House

Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah” on Thursday and Sunday; Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il travotore” on Saturday; Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” on Friday; and Franz Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” on Saturday. All ...

At the Met’s Blockbuster 5-Hour Opera, Caffeine Is the Real Star

Audiences packed the house for a new production of “Tristan und Isolde.” They also came prepared, with (at least) five different forms of coffee.
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Piedmont Opera's new general director shares his view from the podium

In January, Joseph Mechavich was handed the baton to lead the Piedmont Opera as it enters its 50th anniversary season. Mechavich shares his take on the art form and his new role with WFDD's David Ford ...