Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center Summer Festival to Bring Back Some Classical Music

Summer for the City will feature a dozen productions by the American Modern Opera Company, a Sanskrit epic, a celebration of Brazil and more.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Louis Ballard, the ‘Father’ of Native American Composers, Hasn’t Gotten His Due

Louis W. Ballard paved the way for a booming generation of artists. But his works have been too little performed and recorded.

By Zachary Woolfe

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A Ravel Work Premieres at the New York Phil After Nearly 125 Years

A prelude and dance by the French master recently surfaced in a Paris library. Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic will give the world premiere.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Edmond Dédé’s Opera ‘Morgiane’ to Be Staged for the First Time

Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.

By Keith OBrien