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Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: ''Die Tote Stadt,'' in Boston, and ''L'Amant Anonyme,'' in Philadelphia. In New York, the Metropolitan Opera has begun [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone A few years ago, during the Ojai Music Festival in California, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson was having a couple of beers with the composer John Adams when [...]

A few years ago, during the Ojai Music Festival in California, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson was having a couple of beers with the composer John Adams when he said, ''John, [...]

A few years ago, during the Ojai Music Festival in California, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson was having a couple of beers with the composer John Adams when he said, “John, [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone A revival called 'Show/Boat: A River' joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances. Few musicals have as [...]

The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel returned to the Met for the first time in 13 years, alongside Sondra Radvanovsky, one of the great Toscas of our time. A great pleasure of [...]

The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel returned to the Met for the first time in 13 years, alongside Sondra Radvanovsky, one of the great Toscas of our time. A great pleasure of [...]

A revival called ''Show/Boat: A River'' joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances. Few musicals have as much to say, [...]

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including the ''Brutalist'' soundtrack, the soprano Barbara Hannigan and Strauss singers at the Met Opera. The New York Times's classical music and opera [...]

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including the “Brutalist” soundtrack, the soprano Barbara Hannigan and Strauss singers at the Met Opera. ‘The Brutalist’ In https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/movies/the-brutalist-review.html Brady Corbet’s overwhelmingly ambitious [...]

Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness in music. When Ferruccio Busoni died, in 1924, the composer Kurt [...]

In the 1890s, when the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was preparing to write the music for the ballet that would become his holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” he encountered a brand-new instrument: [...]

Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness in music. When Ferruccio Busoni died, in 1924, the composer Kurt [...]

''Paris & Nicole: The Encore,'' a sequel to ''The Simple Life,'' is a comedic lark about creating an opera, with enlightening lessons along the way. It was a sight I [...]

Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the Berlin Philharmonic, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and bits of old ones by Schubert. Deathless Classics and Unmissable New Operas The [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone and Vincent Tullo Listen to how Tchaikovsky uses the celesta in 'The Nutcracker,' unleashing the potential of the instrument to signal playfulness and fantasy. There comes a [...]

Spirited Sound Heard Inside A Holiday Staple Tchaikovsky used a newly invented instrument, the celesta, to introduce a fantastic and magical melody into 'The Nutcracker.' There comes a moment in [...]

Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak's concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek's ''Glagolitic Mass.'' You could be forgiven for thinking that there has been some [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone A new opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek, directed by Ivo van Hove, aims to capture the lavishness of Ingmar Bergman's film, in half the time. [...]

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including performances by Davóne Tines and Lise Davidsen, and a new album by Ethan Iverson. The New York Times's classical music and opera [...]

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including performances by Davóne Tines and Lise Davidsen, and a new album by Ethan Iverson. Davóne Tines Andrew Carnegie’s 1902 mansion on Fifth [...]

The Doris Duke Theater, more than twice as large as the original and designed for modern technology, will open in July. When the Doris Duke Theater at Jacob's Pillow, the [...]

The Doris Duke Theater, more than twice as large as the original and designed for modern technology, will open in July. When the Doris Duke Theater at https://www.jacobspillow.org/, the bucolic [...]

The composer John Adams led the New York Philharmonic in a program of contemporary works that didn't make a big deal of contemporary music. For a master class in orchestral [...]

Susanna Mälkki and Santtu-Matias Rouvali made back-to-back appearances with the orchestra, leading similar programs with distinct style. Finland's top exports may be machinery and fuel, but in classical music it [...]

Watch and listen to symphonies by Mahler, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli, Ray Chen's take on video game music and more. The New York Times's classical music and opera [...]

Glass's Fourth String Quartet, written after the death of the artist Brian Buczak, will be performed at the New York City AIDS Memorial. The night Brian Buczak died, fireworks lit [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone The stage of the Felsenreitschule, a theater carved from the side of a mountain in Salzburg, Austria, is about 130 feet wide. During concerts, artists come out [...]

La gira del director venezolano con la Filarmónica de Los Ángeles podría ser un adelanto de lo que le espera a la Filarmónica de Nueva York con Dudamel al frente. [...]

The superstar conductor will take over the New York Philharmonic in 2026. Is his tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic a preview? Home is a slippery concept in classical music, [...]

The sun shone brightly over the downs of East Sussex on a summer afternoon while people trickled onto the grounds of Glyndebourne to hear an opera by Handel. Most of [...]

Greenwell's ''What Belongs to You'' reaches the opera stage with a team that includes the composer David T. Little and the director Mark Morris. The composer David T. Little isn't [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone and Balarama Heller As the story goes, Indra, the king of the gods, takes a net and stretches it across the universe. At each joint is a [...]

Greenwell’s “What Belongs to You” reaches the opera stage with a team that includes the composer David T. Little and the director Mark Morris. The composer David T. Little isn’t [...]

As the story goes, Indra, the king of the gods, takes a net and stretches it across the universe. At each joint is a jewel, unique and infinitely faceted, that [...]

Allow the creators of opera some grace. Composers, librettists and their colleagues put years of work into something that, if they are lucky, gets a workshop performance or two before [...]

As subscriptions face an uncertain future, classical music could look to the membership models of streaming services and gyms for inspiration. Perhaps you spend your mornings at the gym, working [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone As subscriptions face an uncertain future, classical music could look to the membership models of streaming services and gyms for inspiration. Perhaps you spend your mornings at [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone The first time Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translated a Russian novel together, it felt as though another man had joined their marriage: Dostoyevsky. 'It was a [...]

The first time Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translated a Russian novel together, it felt as though another man had joined their marriage: Dostoyevsky. 'It was a mariage à trois,' [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone The Salzburg Festival is synonymous with excellence and fame. But it's also a place where artists on the cusp of stardom can shine. The Salzburg Festival has, [...]

Salonen, who will soon be a free agent for the first time in decades, could do pretty much anything at this stage. What will it be? On a late afternoon [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone Salonen, who will soon be a free agent for the first time in decades, could do pretty much anything at this stage. What will it be? On [...]

Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it. Michael Haefliger has made a life out of [...]

Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it. Michael Haefliger has made a life out of [...]

With an opera at the Salzburg Festival and recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg may be taking root. It's difficult to define a comeback in classical music. [...]

With an opera at the Salzburg Festival and recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg may be taking root. It’s difficult to define a comeback in classical music. [...]

Byline: Joshua Barone Teodor Currentzis, whose MusicAeterna receives funding from a Russian state bank, has eluded censure at the prestigious Salzburg Festival. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the classical [...]

Hector Berlioz did not have the twilight of a great composer. In his memoirs, he described himself in his 60s as ''past hopes, past illusions, past high thoughts and lofty [...]