Music
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The Mount and NY's Grace Church Collaborate
Wharton's Roman Fever a New Opera
By: - Mar 10th, 2026The Mount and Grace Church Celebrate Edith Wharton with a One-Night-Only Event on April 9th in NYC – Adapting Wharton: The Operatic Reimagining of Roman Fever
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Tristan and Isolde at the Met Opera
A Musical and Visual Treat
By: - Mar 10th, 2026The Metropolitan Opera is proposing a future with its new production of Tristan und Isolde. Directed by the now middle-aged enfant terrible Yuval Sharon, it is in part a test of his suitability for the Der Ring des Nibelungen, which will follow in 2027. Do we imbibe Richard Wagner’s musical potion in Sharon’s new take on the mythic love story?
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Mannes Opera Presents a Korngold Premiere
A Silent Serenade Given its Delicious US Debut
By: - Mar 14th, 2026Mannes Opera mounted the United States premiere of Erich Korngold’s The Silent Serenade at the Gerald Lynch Theater in New York. Korngold set the standard for film scoring during his decade in Hollywood, and the insights he gained while scoring Robin Hood are evident in this charming blend of Johann Strauss and Jack Warner.
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World Premiere about High School Girls and Music
By: - Mar 20th, 2026Four high schoolers meet in a summer music program for girls in Berkeley, California. Despite differences in performance preference, classical vs. improv, as well as life styles, the four find an ability to mesh their skills and form friendships.
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Hamilton Hip-Hops on Broadway
Game Changing Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
By: - Nov 22nd, 2015Hamilton, the hip-hop opera by Lin-Manuel Miranda is the most refreshing, titubating, brilliant and exciting musical to grace Broadway in decades. It follows his earlier, award winning "In the Heights." Now in his mid thirties Miranda is an immense talent to be reckoned with for years to come. He is a force for change in American culture. This hit show is sure to run for years on Broadway followed by a national tour and tons of regional productions. Hamilton is the greatest invention since sliced bread.
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The Arts in Cuba
Music for Breakfast and Studio Visits
By: - Nov 22nd, 2015While in Cienfuegos, we had some interesting musical entertainment. After walking around the square, we climbed several flights of stairs to hear a special concert by the Choir of Cienfuegos, a chorus of about 24 local men and women, who performed a concert of Cuban and international songs and show tunes. One of them, incongruously, was the American folk song, “Shenandoah.”
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Tanglewood 2016
Tickets on Sale January 24
By: - Nov 20th, 2015Highlights of the 2016 Tanglewood season include BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons leading Boston Symphony Orchestra in Acts 1 & 2 of Verdi’s Aida with Kristine Opolais in the title role (8/20); Mahler’s Ninth Symphony (7/29); Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony (7/30); and music from Prokofiev’s Romeo And Juliet (8/21), plus music of Berlioz, Corigliano, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, and Tsontakis, as well as the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra’s annual Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert (7/31), an All-Brahms Program pairing the Symphony No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 1 with Paul Lewis as soloist.
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Susan Hall
Phantoms of the Opera
By: - Sep 07th, 2015During a holiday visit to New York critic Susan Hall treated me to nose bleed seats at the Met for Aida.
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BSO Opens its Boston Season
Free Concert in Symphony Hall
By: - Aug 26th, 2025The Boston Symphony opens its fall season with a free concert at Symphony Hall on September 17.
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La Jolla Playhouse Goes Gonzo
By: - Sep 28th, 2023The world premiere of The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, is presented by the La Jolla Playhouse. Fifteen years in the making, the musical envisions Hunter’s life from childhood to his tragic death. The book is by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss, music and lyrics by Iconis, and choreography by Jon Rua.
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Madama Butterfly for Boston Lyric Opera
Eradicating Yellowface Tradition
By: - Jun 26th, 2023Chinese American artist, advocate and director Phil Chan, whose book Final Bow for Yellowface altered the conversation about Asian representation on ballet stages around the country, turns his attention to opera this September, when he directs a new, Asian American take on "Madama Butterfly" for Boston Lyric Opera (BLO).
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Young Concert Artists Announces Winners
Annual Competition Winners Live Streaming
By: - Nov 14th, 2022Four First Prize Winners have been announced following the Finals of the 2022 Young Concert Artists International Auditions:
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Hubbard Hall Presents Còig
Returns from Nova Scotia
By: - Nov 11th, 2022“We all come from sort of a traditional background, but then we have different influences that we’re interested in,” explains fiddler and singer Rachel Davis. “Chrissy (Crowley, fiddler) likes to dive into a lot of world music, Darren (mandolin, guitar, banjo, etc.) comes from a kind of Irish theme from playing around a lot. More of the traditional Cape Breton stuff is really what I love, plus all the folk songs, so it’s an interesting mix.”
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Gordon Getty Premiers a New Opera in New York
New York City Opera and Festival Napa Valley Co-Present
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022The opera by Gordon Getty, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, had its New York premiere as an opera reimagined for film. Co-presented by New York City Opera (NYCO) and Festival Napa Valley, Getty’s fourth opera is based on the popular 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton.
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Al Perry Was a Cool Head at WBCN
As Station Manager He Kept the Lid On
By: - Nov 23rd, 2021During the wild and crazy days of WBCN, which is now celebrated with a movie and book, Al Perry functioned as the adult in the room. As station manager he kept the lid on. Respected and loved by those who knew and worked with him Al passed on November 6.
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Cuban Pianist and Composer Harold López-Nussa
New England and NY Tour Dates
By: - Oct 25th, 2021On his vibrant and spirited third recording for Mack Avenue Records, Havana-based pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa sets out to capture that stirring sensation with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music. On a global tour there are dates for Florence (near Northampton), Boston and NY.
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Sir Simon Rattle in Ademek World Premiere
Mezzo Magdalena Kožená Searches for the Divine
By: - Mar 11th, 2021Sir Simon Rattle has taken out German citizenship to be closer to his children. It is also said he is exiting Britain and the cultural consequences of Brexit. Rattle will succeed Mariss Jansons as the chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerische Rundfunks. Recently he conducted the orchestra in a world premiere of Ondrej Adámek's "Where Are You?"
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Jazz Pianist Chick Corea at 79
From Chelsea to the Berkshires
By: - Feb 12th, 2021The jazz pianist, Chick Corea, has died at 79 not long after the diagnosis of a rare cancer. His impact and influence was enormous with a career that included almost 90 albums for which he was awarded 23 Grammys as well as three Latin Grammys. He grew up in Chelsea a blue collar Boston neighborhood. We last heard him in the Berkshires at Tanglewood in 2016.
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Virtual Works & Process from the Guggenheim
Social Distancing Dance and Music
By: - Jun 14th, 2020Works & Process Artists (WPA) Virtual Commissions financially supports artists and nurtures their creative process during these challenging times. Works & Process at the Guggenheim is granting over $150,000 for artists to create new works while observing social distancing. New works will be posted on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube (@worksandprocess) every Sunday and Monday at 7:30pm.
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Tanglewood Cancelled
Special Programming This Summer
By: - May 15th, 2020Tanglewood is cancelled for live performances but will continue on line.
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Classical Music for Fun
Tom and Jerry and a Roller Coaster
By: - May 10th, 2020If you need a bit of levity, try opening the music below!
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New Music Virtual Town Hall
Our Digital Present and Future Explored
By: - Apr 07th, 2020Many of us sense that coming out of lockdown we will find ourselves in a very different world. Ideas that have emerged from isolation suggest ways in which a wider group of people, worldwide, can connect. Music is a universal language. Organizations like the International Contemporary Ensemble have led the way into a musical future unimaginable before the most recent technology revolution. Gathered to discuss subjects like how to make an audience out of disparate listeners and platforms available for cooperation and sharing, many other organizations offered insights.
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Princeton Atelier at National Sawdust
Humanizing Electronic Sound
By: - Feb 24th, 2020Introductory visual and audio moments originated in climate data released as sound in a work by Kyle Barnes. This prelude was “a sonificaton of data for voice, electronics and video.” Images played on the huge back wall, which often serves as a screen in this special venue. Gentle scales crested and fell, warming us up for an introduction by Elena Park, a curator of National Sawdust +.
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Curtis Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Smith, Sibelius and Beethoven with Jonathan Biss
By: - Feb 09th, 2020Curtis Symphony is on its annual eastern tour. At Carnegie Hall, led by Osmo Vänskä, they performed a new work by Gabriella Smith, a graduate of Curtis. She spent the 2015-16 season as Artist Year Fellow. She dedicated a citizen-artist year of national service in the Philadelphia region. For those who don't quickly imagine trigonometric functions, the title of her new piece f(x) = sin²x –1/x is a smooth, slightly curving line that rises. f(x) = sin²x –1/x is a delightful piece, set in the natural world Smith treasures.
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Popular Artists at Tanglewood
From Ringo to Arlo and Judy Collins
By: - Nov 21st, 2019It's time to mark your calendar. Tanglewood has annpunced the Popular Artists for the 2020 season. More to be announced later. By Popular Artist the BSO differentiates them from what we assume to be the unpopular ones. Its notable that so far the uber popular James Taylor is not a part of the lineup. But is likely to slip in late, As of now his usual slot for the July Fourth holiday weekend ia wide open. What's announced so far is the Popular prequel.
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