
Finally Fall! It’s back to school, home from holidays, and finally back to the concert halls and opera houses. In the world’s classical music capitals, venues and musicians are gearing...
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Finally Fall! It’s back to school, home from holidays, and finally back to the concert halls and opera houses. In the world’s classical music capitals, venues and musicians are gearing...
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The talent and interpretive strength of Daniel Barenboim is what connects Mozart to Bruckner in the series of performances at the Philharmonie de Paris.
The spectacular productions at the Arena of Verona have drawn crowds since the first opera was staged here in 1913, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Verdi’s birth....
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The overriding theme of the 39th Dresden Music Festival, which begins this year on May 5th, is “Time” and the program of the 2016 festival reads like a “best of” list of classical music today.
After six seasons of outstanding work with the Orchestre de Paris, Music Director Paavo Järvi will pass the baton to the dynamic young British conductor, Daniel Harding, who takes over...
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For first-time visitors and locals alike, the city seems to practically overflow with attractive cultural events, from outdoor stages to elegant concert halls, jazz cafes to art museums.
Around three million people visit Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace each year. Discover the lighter side of this historic symbol and check out its program of concerts for a musical encounter in Austria's most popular tourist attraction.
Neither a fully-sung drama, nor a play with added songs, but combining the best of both worlds, operetta is often unfairly overlooked or dismissed, but offers an ideal introduction to the conventions of classical music theater for the novice, or simply a charmingly light-hearted night out for the aficionado.
Music was a means to both entertain those at court and promote the glory of France and of the monarchy. Though the days of the court are past, Versailles is still the setting for classical concerts in the same spaces where the Sun King and his successors once reigned.
When it sounds like Mozart, but somehow different, then it's Haydn, right? If that's where your knowledge about Haydn ends, read more about one of the few composers who attained fame and success in his own lifetime.