Classical Newsletter

When John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted by new artists in a Detroit Opera production, as the nation turns 250.

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

In BalletMet Artistic Director Remi Wörtmeyer's first full-length ballet created for BalletMet, artists live the bohemian life with love, loss, and heartache in 1920s New Orleans.

The composer created her own symphonic fable that weaves Andean cosmology with the natural world.

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

The Pulitzer-winning composer, whose unconventional music reflects the rugged landscapes he lives in, talks about his relationship to nature and his new piece Horizon.

The OSU School of Music’s World Music Showcase will feature an interactive exploration of music, stories and dancing from Africa, South America, the Carribean, Iran and the U.S.

The innovative Brooklyn-based new music duo eco|tonal makes its home in the musical space where contemporary classical music meets jazz. eco|tonal performs Mythologies Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Green Room of the Short North’s Garden Theatre.

On a new album, the experimental vocal group Roomful of Teeth and songwriter Gabriel Kahane take up residence in a multidimensional hotel with a time-traveling elevator and a quirky clientele.