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At the beginning of September, Naxos released the world premiere recording of L’Orestie d’Eschyle (the Oresteia of Aeschylus), composed by Darius Milhaud betwee

Last night Yefim Maizel, Artistic Director of the Opera Academy of California (OAC), returned to Old First Presbyterian Church. Over the past summers OAC has us

The Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado led the New York Philharmonic in a program of mid-20th-century masterworks by Britten, Bartók and Shostakovich.

His bold theatricality and updating of classical works marked his four-decade career as the leader of some of the world’s most important opera companies.

Although Benjamin Britten’s opera “Billy Budd” is undeniably a tragedy, there’s also an element of sweetness to the title character whose innocence leads to his demise. There’s another element of sweetness to Los Ang

The founding documents of the New York Philharmonic — back to its inaugural 1842-43 season — are now available online.

The Classical Net web site offers a comprehensive collection of information and news on classical music subjects including articles and CD reviews, composers and their music, the basic repertoire, recommended recordings and a CD buying guide. The site now features over 9000 files of information including thousands of CD, Book, Concert, DVD and Blu-ray reviews and more than 5500 links to other classical music sites.

The Metropolitan Opera is headed for a lockout, according to its general manager, Peter Gelb. The employees are demoralized and surprised by this prospect, but bewilderment is something they’re familiar with from the Gelb regime.

Directors of the San Diego Opera meet today to re-examine their vote to shutter the venerable arts institution. Some board members say they didn't have all the information they needed, including an...

In his lifetime, C.P.E. Bach was more famous than his father, Johann Sebastian Bach. His music continued to influence composers for generations to follow.

February 13, 2014 (New York, NY) AOP has received a dollar-to-dollar matching contribution from an anonymous donor during the last week of its Kickstarter campaign for Harriet Tubman: When I Crosse...

After many seasons of anchoring its seasons with classics — 'Carmen,' 'Tosca,' 'La Traviata' and 'The Magic Flute' to name a handful — the Kentucky Opera is taking a turn next season by performing rare works, masterworks that the company has not produced and new works that tell the story of American life.