Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Elina Garanča with Antonio Pappno and the Accademia playersAll images from Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/MUSA Indeed, both choir and orchestra gave volcanic ...

Classical music’s blessing is also its curse: you’ve simply got to pay it attention. Plus: No wonder Rossini was an Olympics hit – he invented disco ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has a review of a new album devoted to Verdi opera choruses. Lloyd reminds us that there's more to opera than just the typical aria, trio ...

Verdi’s Requiem, the composer’s epic, dramatic, mood-swinging treatment of an ancient Catholic funeral mass, is a significant milestone for any conductor. “It’s one of those pieces that you study and ...

Pappano has been Music Director of the Royal Opera for 16 glorious years out of the 50 since the granting of the Royal Charter to what was then the Covent Garden Opera Company. In a typically ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The longest-running choral festival in the Western Hemisphere is now underway at Music Hall. The May Festival began on Friday night with Verdi's Requiem and continues at 2 p.m. on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Reporter’s Notebook The company says it has a fix for the unwieldy world of classical streaming. But it’s unclear how much traction a stand-alone app ...