While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

The history of small publishers is usually much more interesting — some would say invariably more so — than that of major ones. This is certainly the case with the firm founded in London in 1949 by ...

Opera awakens all the senses with super-human singing, spectacular visuals, dramatic character portrayals, and the thrill of an orchestra all on one stage. These interactive workshops won’t just ...

He worshipped Shakespeare, and Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream is among the most perfect musical responses to any of his plays – so why did Mendelssohn never write a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato. By Thomas May ...

Applications are open for Overture, the Royal Ballet and Opera's orchestra mentoring programme, in collaboration with Black Lives in Music and the National Open Youth Orchestra. Established in 2023 by ...