Starting this year, a series of musical weekends in Chantilly, north of Paris, is teaming up with a gardening festival for a program with bucolic themes.
Category: Classical Music
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National Symphony Orchestra Players Go on Strike, Canceling Gala
The Washington-based group’s first work stoppage in 46 years came after management and musicians failed to reach a salary agreement.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Gabriela Ortiz’s orchestral music, Jonas Kaufmann’s Puccini tribute and Nathalie Stutzmann’s first album from Atlanta are among the highlights.
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She Found a Home in Music. Now She’s the Composer for the King.
Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born artist who has been named master of music by King Charles, discusses music as an escape, confronting racism and living by the sea.
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Review: A Devastated Drone Pilot Opens the Met Opera’s Season
Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s bloodless “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot turned dissociating drone operator, stars the mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo.
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What Belongs to Opera? Garth Greenwell’s Novel of Desire
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.
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What Belongs to Opera? Garth Greenwell’s Novel of Desire
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.
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Only Connect: Meredith Monk’s Antidote to What Divides Us
“Indra’s Net,” coming to the Park Avenue Armory, shows off the polymathic Monk’s artistry as she enters her 60th season as a performer.
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San Francisco Symphony Chorus Goes on Strike
The work stoppage has forced a cancellation of the Verdi Requiem performances.
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New York Philharmonic Players Reach Deal Raising Base Pay to $205,000
Under a new labor agreement, expected to be ratified Friday, the musicians will get a 30 percent raise over three years, making them among the highest paid in the country.
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Lucine Amara, 99, Dies; Familiar Soprano at the Met Saw Bias There
She sang with the Metropolitan Opera for decades, often on short notice, including after lodging a successful age discrimination complaint against the company.