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What is called the world's biggest music festival begins in London tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. The summer season of concerts of this great British…

I'm not a summer person but for me the warm weather means the Lancaster Festival. I'm used to revolutionary-war-era architecture being a New Englander,…

Columbus Symphony: The new season, broadcast series on Classical 101, and pre-concert talks--back in the comfortable seats! The Columbus Symphony began a…

Marilyn Horne and I had a dear friend in common. Our friend died last fall after a long illness. I came to know Marilyn as a warm-hearted and generous…

Some years ago, I had the privilege of seeing the beautifully restored Jean Cocteau film La Belle et la Bete. Â Originally released in 1946, the black and…

For many years, women musicians were conspicuously absent from most major orchestras. Â The Vienna Philharmonic did not admit a female member until the…

I had never heard of jazz singer Jimmy Scott until I happened upon his obituary a few days ago. Scott died on June 12, 2014 at the age of 88. The next…

Opera Australia has dismissed Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri for posts on her Facebook page denigrating the LGBT community. Iveri was rehearsing Desdemona…

Years ago the great pundit Gore Vidal was asked by Johnny Carson, "What would you give Nancy Reagan for her birthday? "I would give Nancy Reagan…

Tenor Rolando Villazón experienced the equivalent of a fiery crash at the Indianapolis 500 when, about six years ago, he was onstage at the Metropolitan…