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Pretend you're Mozart for a moment. It's 1778. You've just arrived by coach in Paris, where you've never been before. Your jacket is rumpled, your wig is…

It's the age old argument. Mom and dad tell little Johnny to eat his broccoli. Johnny refuses. Mom says please. Johnny says no. Dad says no dessert.…

Greg Sandow is a music writer and critic who, in a recent series of blogs, has made the assertion that attracting a new audience to classical music…

Join me for Verdi's La traviata-Saturday at 1.30 on Classical 101. Tiziana Fabbricini and Roberto Alagna sing and Riccardo Muti conducts. You can look up…

The old switchboards employed by Ma Bell were marvelous inventions. Â Anyone could be connected to everyone, simply by plugging in a few cables. Â…

Yo Yo Ma seems to fear nothing. Accompany a 23-year-old "jookin dancer" Lil' Buck to Saint-Saens' The Swan? Â No problem. Â Join forces with Galician…

There are a number of musicians today who seem to defy categorization, appealing to a broad spectrum of listeners from all musical walks of life. Â Of…

A prim, lovely English village is presided over by a loud, bossy chatelaine. The May Festival is the town's big day. At a meeting to select this year's…

I was going to say that this will be a good week for the Columbus Symphony, but it's more appropriate to write that this will be a good week for the…

Two weeks ago Downton Abbey's fourth season continued with a visit from Dame Nelle Melba. Since Melba was considered "trade," Carson insisted that such…