Music

Travis Tritt, will appear at The Colonial on March 10 at 8pm. With up and comer Lyndsey Highlander as a special guest, this evening of country music will delight audiences with wonderful stories, beloved country music and a rare, personal atmosphere.

The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, will celebrate its landmark 35th Anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 30 and July 1, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists and ensembles on two stages.

Just because Marriage of Figaro is a great opera, with 14 of its 26 musical numbers ensembles does not mean that a production will succeed. In Denver attention has been paid to every aspect of this Mozart and the opera gleams. It's fun too.

In support of their great young soprano, Angela Meade, the Met put three great voices on the stage for Ernani. Not your usual fare at the Met, but a thrilling performance, due locally in HD on February 25th.

After months of effort to restore an important opera company to the New York scene, the City Opera found a wonderful venue for La Traviata. Brooklyn Academy of Music is a hopeful venue for the homeless company.

Three light-house keepers off the coast of Scotland disappear without a trace. Did they succumb to "The Cry of the Beast" or did they just go mad?

Verdi's Aida is a wonderful opera warhorse. At the Lyric Opera of Chicago, it was the very best of its recent outings, featuring Sondra Radvanovsky, Marcello Giordani and Jill Grove. Conducted by Renato Palumbo and directed by Matthew Lata you could not ask for a better production.

Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes of the creole and Cajun people of Louisiana. BeauSoleil tours extensively in the U.S. and internationally.

One of the consequences of the demise of Opera Boston was the cancellation of an opera by Michael Tippett. The Collegiate Chorale keeps Tippett live in a stunning performance of A Child of Our Time.