Throughout the history of classical music there have been numerous legends, myths and spooky stories. Paganini was said to be sponsored by the devil, Schumann was plagued by thoughts of death and ...

As Tamino, Rude, a tall man with a surprising tenor range, exudes a fine blend in his princely role of romantic gullibility and sincerity. As Pamina, Rosenthal shows graceful innocence and a more-than ...

King’s resurrection of Jennens’s crucial role, laboring in private over a libretto that he hoped would inspire “the ...

Gray sounds like a William Morris of jazz when he says of his trio’s music: “In a world ever more consumed with social media and AI, this music is truly handmade, an artisanal, human creation. We need ...

DEEP in the vault of the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan on a late spring day, curator Robinson McClellan was sorting ...

On Oct. 29, 2004, Osama bin Laden, in a videotape to the American people, said he ordered the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

The musicians, who last toured the country before the COVID-19 pandemic, will stop in Chengdu and Haikou for the first time.

Back in the '80s when MTV started, their music programming consisted of 99% white artists. When Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” was released, MTV wasn’t on board to air the video, and CBS ...

At last, the ambitious composer finds herself in the spotlight, with a Carnegie Hall residency and a sparkling new album ...

But some artists have been telling the BBC they want to see a greater focus on black British music and its rich history in ...

Houston Symphony veteran Mangum hasn’t led an opera company before, but he’s a lifelong superfan and has a record of ...