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Gotcha! Who was it who called opera "a vulgar and irrational entertainment?' Either Voltaire or Rossini. Sounds more like Rossini, who wrote over thirty…

Some retailers have been struggling these past few weeks inticing consumers to shop more. As sales begin to stagger, ohio state univeristy gear is flying…

Ned Rorem, a Quaker from Chicago out of Richmond, Indiana, he of the exquisite choral music and art songs, he of the sexually explicit published diaries,…

...the sound of the alto next to me singing every note of our Holiday Pops music correctly? How does she do it?! The Columbus Symphony Chorus will be…

Here we go again. Recently fiddler Mark O Connor trashed the Suzuki music instruction method by claiming its founder was a fraud. Now, as reported in the…

Saturday on Stage is Classical 101's weekly opera program. Join us Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Already in August we've heard Verdi's Rigoletto and Luisa…

Two Boys is an opera by Nico Muhly. It is controversial, as apparently an opera must be to get 'downtown' attention. Two Boys opened last year at the…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUU3P8PlP1o George Frederic Handel thought he was writing something pleasant for Easter. The money was good and the…

Condemned to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings, Tsarnaev filed a preliminary motion Monday for a new trial, reportedly seeking to overturn both his conviction and his death sentence.

The gods would smile on you if they knew how close you came to their own art. Claudio Monteverdi had a front-row seat for the birth of opera. Imagine that…