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.
Category: Classical Music
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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.
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New York Philharmonic Opens Its Season Amid Labor Talks and Troubles
The orchestra is working to negotiate a new contract with musicians, resolve a misconduct inquiry and hire a new chief executive.
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A (Very) Belated Donizetti Premiere in South Africa
The 1838 score for “Dalinda,” which uses chunks of “Lucrezia Borgia,” was found in Naples in 2019. A student company in Cape Town just gave the first staged performance.
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R. Peter Munves, Master Marketer of Classical Music, Dies at 97
As an executive at Columbia and RCA Records, he popularized the classics for mass audiences by applying the same techniques used to sell pop music.
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Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Mahler at the New York Phil
The conductor led the New York Philharmonic in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, an inspiring opening night for a season starting off unsettled.