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A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.
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Classical 101Soprano Latonia Moore's journey to the world's greatest opera stages began singing gospel — in her grandfather's church — and jazz
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Classical 101Cousins struggle with debts and may have to sell property long held by their family in a work created by former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith and composer Gregory Spears.
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Classical 101The U.S. singer says she won't perform at Verona's Arena this month because the theater recently mounted another opera that had performers in blackface.
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Classical 101For World Opera Day, watch scenes that will make you fall in love with the art form — from a crazy day at Mozart's diner to a trippy trip to China with Richard Nixon.
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Classical 101Recent headlines have brought to light allegations of sexual misconduct in the arts and entertainment realm. This month, the world premiere of an opera…
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Classical 101The School of Music at The Ohio State University presents Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon in Hughes Hall, 1899 College Road. Free shows! All welcome!…
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Classical 101The death of soprano Jessye Norman last week at the age of 74 was as widely reported in the international press as the passing of Luciano Pavarotti in…
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The women — eight singers and a dancer — told The Associated Press that the opera titan tried to pressure them into sexual relationships by offering them jobs.
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Classical 101Ron Howard's new Pavarotti film fails to make us feel much for its subject, and does little to bolster the magical, complicated art called opera.