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Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians

“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black musicians with performing opportunities.

By Steve Smith

Classical Music Opera Unequal Opera-tunities: Gender Inequality and Non-Standard Work in US Opera Production Washington National Opera Women and Girls

Gender Imbalance in Opera: Where Are the Female Conductors?

A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading American companies.

By Marc Tracy

Classical Music Dancing Guggenheim, Solomon R, Museum Heggie, Jake Houston Grand Opera Intelligence (Opera) Opera Urban Bush Women

In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama

Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush Women.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Classical Music Grazinyte-Tyla, Mirga (1986- ) New York Philharmonic Trifonov, Daniil

In Debut, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Gets the Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic’s renovated hall is a proving ground for guests to balance the orchestra. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla did so with assurance.

By Seth Colter Walls