Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

At the opera, my highlights of 2025 included Washington National Opera’s winning “ Porgy and Bess ,” a revival of artistic ...

From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chalk full of ...

Classical radio station WCPE in Wake Forest, N.C. has reversed its stance on six contemporary operas in the Metropolitan Opera's 2023-24 season that it had flagged for 'inappropriate' content. After ...

Up-and-coming musicians, part of a rigorous eight-week intensive program, return to perform in the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (MMF) with a series of immersive performances, operas, and live ...

Bampton Classical Opera will celebrate St Beornwald on December 17 with Charpentier’s Messe de minuit, plus works by Purcell and Buxtehude at ...

Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts are back with the thrilling return to live performance and cherished archival recordings. The longest-running classical music program on-air, the Met Opera ...

Baritone Michael Heitmann sings with the Seattle Opera chorus and teaches in the opera’s education department. On the side, he presents casual recitals. And during lulls in his performance schedule, ...

A prisoner orchestra at Stalag VIIIA, with Ferdinand Carrion, a Belgian musician and prisoner. In preparation for the release of her new album, opera singer and American star Joyce DiDonato invites ...

Tell a performer, “Break a leg”, before they take the stage is to wish them good luck, of course. Elias Hendricks broke a leg, literally. Not on stage but on a soccer field—and just before the ...