Even so, it’s not every summer concert that yields someone of Osmo Vänskä’s stature at Millennium Park, and the Finnish conductor made his festival debut Wednesday night. (Credit Giancarlo Guerrero’s ...

Appointed to his post by Daniel Barenboim in 1994, Ridenour held the same position with the CSO for 31 seasons, playing with ...

Whatever troubling things may have been going on in the world outside, Symphony Hall was enveloped in a pink cloud of hope and gratitude Thursday night, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed ...

Paula Williams left much of the original blocking intact, including all of the biggest head-scratchers. In the first act, the congregation of Sant’Andrea della Valle is shocked—while the audience is ...

San Francisco Opera became Hollywood by the Bay as the company unveiled the war opera Two Women (La Ciociara), composed and co-written by Marco Tutino, Saturday night at the War Memorial Opera House.

Evren Ozel performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Marin Alsop and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Friday night at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer It was ...

With multiple street closures and exits off the Drive shut down for a race in the Loop, audience members trying to get to Orchestra Hall Thursday night had nearly as arduous a journey as the one that ...

When Paul Curran’s production of La Donna del Lago opened at Santa Fe Opera in 2013, it was met with widespread acclaim. His simple, hillside set capitalized on the festival’s outdoor setting, leaving ...

Add one, take one away. That’s the background to this week’s New York Philharmonic program. The addition is not just to the orchestra but to the whole classical scene: the return of violinist Hilary ...

The annual Ravinia Women’s Board Gala has a place in musical lore as the occasion in 1999 when a 17-year-old pianist debuted to clamorous popular and critical acclaim as a last minute sub for the ...

One Response to “Ravinia’s impassioned “Aida” a Verdi night to remember” Posted Aug 07, 2013 at 1:44 am by Zoya Bravo, James Conlon! His choice is very right; the humane composing is the most ...

It took a village—five countries, really—to give birth to the new production of Verdi’s Falstaff, which opened at the Metropolitan Opera Friday night. Shared with Covent Garden, La Scala, the Canadian ...