The Best Classical Music Performances of March 2025
Watch and listen to recent highlights, including Nicole Scherzinger on Broadway, a pair of Janacek operas and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
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How Directors Mine the Gold at the Heart of Wagner’s ‘Ring’
Productions take very different approaches to the central symbol of this epic cycle, treating Wagner with daring freedom.
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150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garner Opera House
It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.
Paris Opera: A Veteran Falstaff Looks Back, and Ahead
Ambrogio Maestri has sung the title role in Verdi’s comedy hundreds of times, most recently for the Paris Opera. He’s also making room for a Puccini tragedy.