American Ballet Theatre's repertory is well stocked with works that offer dancers the opportunity to exploit something rather like a split personality. Читайте дальше…

This month, Franz Welser-Most leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a rare concert performance of Strauss’s Salome. In a recent break from her performances in Tosca at the Vienna State Opera, Nina Stemme discussed the challenge of performing as Salome in what will be her Carnegie Hall debut. Читайте дальше…

Symphony in C, the effervescent tutu ballet George Balanchine choreographed in 1947 for the Paris Opera Ballet, returns to the New York City Ballet repertory at the Company’s Spring Gala on May 10, after an absence of four years. Читайте дальше…

Magnus Lindberg's journey as a composer, and three years as the Philharmonic's Composer-in-Residence, has brought the former radical to a warm embrace of tradition. Scott Timberg explores the path that has led to the premiere of the Finn's Piano Concerto No. 2 this month. Читайте дальше…

The Lincoln Center Festival brings the world to our doorstep. Читайте дальше…

The revival of a long forgotten French opera was cheered by Parisian opera fans. Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber's La Muette de Portici, which just finished a run at the Opera-Comique, has proven to be a celebrated success and a highlight of the season. Читайте дальше…

As springtime comes into full bloom, rising star American tenor Nicholas Phan, named one of NPR’s Favorite New Artists of 2011, prepares for two exciting firsts. Читайте дальше…

The foundation of the strings and often the baritone melodists, the cello section plays a varied role in the orchestra, a diversity that Rebecca Winzenried has observed among the lives of the musicians themselves. Читайте дальше…

This spring, the Met presents the first complete cycles of Robert Lepage's groundbreaking new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, led by Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. How do the singers prepare for the daunting task of bringing Wagner's vast cosmos to vocal life? Читайте дальше…

On March 26 the New York Philharmonic celebrates the work of Frank Loesser. David Barbour talks with Ted Sperling, the music man presiding over this Spring Gala, about this most happy songwriter. Читайте дальше…