“And the reality is that in the United States – in the person of Dédé – Black people were (already) participating in classical music.” Dédé grew up in a New Orleans that resonated with the bel cantos ...

A concert performance of “Vanessa” freshly argued for the vitality of a work that deserves to be staged but languishes with ...

Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.

Seattle Opera will present a "Magic Flute" that mixes live performance with projected animations, turning singers into living parts of a cinematic spectacle.

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Dido and Aeneas opera, staged at the Bangalore International Centre, blends Western music with Indian aesthetics, to showcase ...

Music history’s most iconic bass guitar riff is inspired by seven notes from the first movement of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony. Lead singer Jack White had classical training ... Mio Elvis takes on the ...

Korea's second-largest city has brand new concert hall and maestro Chung Myung-whun BUSAN - Soon, Busan will be known for ...

It is the responsibility of any serious opera company to produce or commission ... a Gogol-derived production mimed to the music of Shostakovich. Flight is a full-length proposition in three ...