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I first Met Rise Stevens in New York nearly thirty years ago. She was then quite young, only in her seventies, and deep in her second or third career in…

Answer this question: What composer(s) would you invite to dinner? Nicholas McGegan is one of my favorite people. He's an incisive creative conductor and…

In the days leading up to July 4, I want to share a bit about American classical artists who were world famous in their day and are less well known in…

I could never choose just one Marilyn Horne recording or the memory of just one performance. Among my favorite performances of Horne are: Orfeo at…

The Vienna State Opera announced this morning the death of soprano Lisa Della Casa. She was 93. Della Casa was one of the most beautiful women to sing…

Christa Ludwig is a German mezzo-soprano active professionally from 1944 to 2004. Sixty years. That's like being a fifty-year-old linebacker. Ludwig had a…

Oftentimes I will mention a composers name to someone and see not the first hint of recognition. Â I should not be surprised. Â Most people who share my…

You can TiVO the playoffs. The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus presents their annual holiday concerts, JOY! this weekend at King Avenue United Methodist Church.…

People still flock to the Louvre in Paris to see perhaps the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa. Now, people can hear a musical instrument…

Well Strung is the name of a string quartet made up of four buff guys whose look leans more to Olympic gymnasts than to practise room geeks.  They are…