This year’s Bard Music Festival explores the work and context of a composer who strove to make art “an expression of the whole life of the community.”
Category: Music
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Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor
In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.
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Mostly Mozart Festival Has Diverse Crowds, New Programming
At recent Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performances, visibly diverse crowds took in programming new to the ensemble.
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Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too
The historically minded, socially conscious musician offers bluesy, racy, playful tracks on “You’re the One,” her first full album of her own songs.
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Can One Artist Do Everything?
Out of curiosity — or necessity — more creative people are trying their hand at multiple genres.
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For Dua Lipa, Just Being a Pop Star Isn’t Enough
Though the singer has maintained a strict line between her music and her private life, she’s leveraging her personal passions in a bid to become a media mogul.
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Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
Nicolas Hodges has carried on with his career as an eminent interpreter of avant-garde music. But it hasn’t been without sacrifices.
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Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
Nicolas Hodges has carried on with his career as an eminent interpreter of avant-garde music. But it hasn’t been without sacrifices.
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Anna Netrebko Sues Met Opera After Losing Work Over Support of Putin
Seeking at least $360,000, the singer accused the storied opera house of discrimination, defamation and breach of contract. The company disputed her claims.
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The Opera Star David Daniels’s Sexual Assault Trial: What to Know
The countertenor and his husband, Scott Walters, each face a charge of aggravated sexual assault in Texas.