Saint-Saëns’s 1883 work is seldom performed today, but it is being well staged and excitingly sung at Bard College.
Category: Classical Music
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Bel Canto Rarities, Delivered With Unflashy, Revelatory Style
Teatro Nuovo’s concerts of Donizetti’s “Poliuto” and the Ricci brothers’ “Crispino e la Comare” delight with historically informed singing.
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André Watts, Pioneering Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 77
One of the first Black superstars in classical music, he awed audiences with his charisma and his technical powers.
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“The Greek Passion” Takes Center Stage at the Salzburg Festival
Bohuslav Martinu’s “Greek Passion” poses a timeless question: when a group of refugees seek protection in a new community, what will the locals do?
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The Baritone Andrè Schuen Performs at the Salzburg Festival
Andrè Schuen stars as Count Almaviva in the Salzburg Festival’s new production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.”
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Louis Langrée Wraps Up a Quietly Transformative Era of Conducting
With a new job, Langrée is reaching the end of undersung runs with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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A Finnish Official Plays the Cello to Support Ukraine, Irking Russia
Anders Adlercreutz’s recording of a patriotic Ukrainian song was widely circulated online, and prompted a response from Moscow.
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Peter Nero, Pianist Who Straddled Genres, Is Dead at 89
He soared to popularity with a swinging hybrid of classics and jazz. He later conducted the Philly Pops, often with one hand while the other played piano.
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Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music
Tamar-Kali, a former punk rocker, wove episodes of Gullah Geechee history into “Sea Island Symphony,” premiering at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
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Echoes of William Byrd in Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly and Others
Four popular composers explain how this Englishman’s ideas ricochet through their own works today.
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Echoes of William Byrd in Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly and Others
Four popular composers explain how this Englishman’s ideas ricochet through their own works today.
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William Byrd: An Essential English Composer for Four Centuries
As the music world celebrates the 400th anniversary of Byrd’s death, it looks back on an artist of nimble styles and stubborn beliefs.