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Schubert’s Operas Were Failures. Is Their Music Worth Saving?

In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote.

A Model for Modern ‘Ring’ Operas Is Unfolding in Brussels

Romeo Castellucci’s production of Wagner’s “Ring” at La Monnaie embodies ideas that the Metropolitan Opera should take note of for its own staging.

The Musical Force Behind the Communal, Queer ‘Bark of Millions’

Matt Ray is a prolific songwriter and the musical nexus of New York’s alt-cabaret scene. His next project: Taylor Mac’s latest marathon performance.

Can a Piano Capture the Grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Music?

Inon Barnatan has created a solo transcription of “Symphonic Dances” in which he tries “not to imitate an orchestra, but to embody it.”

As Changes Come to Boston Symphony, Conductor’s Contract Is Extended

The music director, Andris Nelsons, was moved to an evergreen contract, with an expanded role at Tanglewood. And Carlos Simon was named to a new...

Hilary Hahn Announced as Avery Fisher Prize Winner at Philharmonic Concert

The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize.

Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.

Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship

These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations and backgrounds.

Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship

These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations and backgrounds.

Stephen Sondheim Belongs in the Pantheon of American Composers

Sondheim was a titan of musical theater. But four recent shows onstage in New York argue for his place among classical music luminaries, too.