Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

Looking back on 2025 is like trying to recount a dream — a mix of dagger-sharp details and foggy stretches that fall apart ...

We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first ...

From Gustavo Dudamel to Esa-Pekka Salonen to Claire Chase to Peter Sellars, classical music had many bright spots in 2025.

The fall concert season begins not just with the customary Beethoven and Bruckner but also with a great polychrome explosion of music from Latin America. The Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel conducting a ...

Mainstream audio and video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the best platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms ...

Bampton Classical Opera will celebrate St Beornwald on December 17 with Charpentier’s Messe de minuit, plus works by Purcell and Buxtehude at ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Metropolitan Opera returned with its first work by a Black composer, the repertory slowly got richer, and other highlights of the year. By Anthony ...

Before the altar of the church stood a large screen displaying the words “recital no. 1: mass,” in black letters on a white background. The singer entered from the back, walking slowly, delivering an ...

Was it the live music I missed most, or the intermissions — with all those delightful exchanges about the performers, the music, the weather, the traffic, or the seats? At last now — after the awful ...