While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

Sir Karl Jenkins celebrates his 75th birthday with a new piano album of his best-loved works and two new compositions. The pieces, performed by Sir Karl himself, are the first chance we have had to ...

(Le) Domino noir, '(The) Black domino', Movements: Overture Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor (La) Muette de Portici (Masaniello), Movements: Overture Estonian National ...

Richard Wagner was the consummate man of the theater and one of the greatest opera composers in history. As an intellectual, he was a fascinating paradox of pragmatism and idealism — had it not been ...

Madison Opera will debut its first-ever production of Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. Maria de Buenos Aires was first produced at the theater Sala La Planeta in ...

Shining examples of Verdi's orchestral writing from his mammoth operatic output, performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala and Riccardo Chailly. Drive Featured Album, 4 February 2013. Opera ...

He worshipped Shakespeare, and Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream is among the most perfect musical responses to any of his plays – so why did Mendelssohn never write a ...

The greatest love story in opera, La Bohème remains eternally young. Set to a ravishing score, Puccini’s classic opera tells of the lives, loves, and losses of a group of young artists in a Bohemian ...

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera announces the launch of OVERTURE, a new young professionals group aimed at cultivating a vibrant and engaged community of young professionals who are passionate about ...