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Elim Chan Becomes First Female Music Director of San...
Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a smal...
After Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn’t ...
Politics isn’t supposed to influence the international song contest, but more...
John Cage’s ‘Apartment House 1776’ Returns in Detroit
“Apartment House 1776,” written for the United States’ bicentennial, is getti...
6 New Songs You Should Hear Now
Listen to Kurt Vile’s poetic rock, Nia Archives’s electric earworm and a new ...
3 Ways Operas Speak to the Moment, With Success and ...
New works, “The Post Office” and “Constance: A Confession,” and a revival of ...
Felicity Lott, Elegant Soprano in Opera and Song, Di...
Tall and self-possessed, with an air of wit and sophistication, she was super...
Marisa Anderson’s (Tunefully) Un-American Activities
The guitarist mined the scholar Harry Smith’s LP collection, recording her ta...
Review: Tyshawn Sorey Unveils a Wondrous New Piano C...
The Philadelphia Orchestra paired Sorey’s “For Marilyn Crispell” with Bruckne...
Bulgaria Hopes Eurovision Win Will Show Its Strength...
Recent months have brought remarkable change in the Eastern European nation, ...
Bobby Darin Musical Reaches a Rare Broadway Mileston...
“Just in Time,” which for a year starred Jonathan Groff, is the first new mus...
How the Music of ‘Schmigadoon!’ Echoes Broadway’s Past
The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals e...
Breaking Down Drake’s Three-Album Surprise
Our hosts react to “Iceman,” “Habibti” and “Maid of Honour.”
Isabel Leonard and Others Offer Tastings of ‘Frida y...
The performers of a Met Opera production about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera h...
Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took ...
As a rising star of the 1960s, she dated Paul Simon, brooded with Nick Drake ...
Inside the Met Opera: Does Peter Gelb Have ‘the Most...
Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, said he is not goi...
Bulgaria Wins Eurovision Song Contest as Israel Come...
Five countries boycotted this year’s contest over Israel’s involvement, but p...
