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Known as much for his jazz playing as for his classical prowess, Wynton Marsalis has spent much of his musical life reaching into other genres to make…

A few days ago, I interviewed Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Music Director of the Columbus Symphony, onstage at Weigel Hall for the OSU School of Music Fall…

Musicians know all about suffering. Internalizing their pain often makes for great music. Thomas Quasthoff has had more pain than most. He's a…

You know you're the type to look in people's medicine cabinets. We all do it. I have another quirk. I look all through people's books, records, and CDs. I…

Happy 90th birthday to Franco Zeffirelli! Nowadays there's a trend in the theater and in opera for minimalist sets and costumes, or none at all.…

Does the thought of seven consecutive hours of nothing but opera on Classical 101's wonderful airwaves strike you with joy, pity, mirth, fear, revulsion…

Musicians spend their entire lives perfecting the craft of making music. Some toil in relative obscurity as studio musicians, others have the opportunity…

Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.

The vanguard French artist — whose influence has touched everything from the Mean Girls soundtrack to the Futuramatheme — has died at age 89.

Listen to the latest Opera Abbreviated episode above! The Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Chorus collaborates with Opera Columbus for two performances of…