Peter Martins created his Barber Violin Concerto to Samuel Barber’s 1941 Violin Concerto, Opus 14, which has become one of the 20th century’s most frequently performed concertos. The ballet, which ...

What could be more romantic than being awakened by a birthday serenade played by 13 musicians on Christmas morning? That was Wagner’s gift to his beloved wife, Cosima. Gorgeous melodic lines, ...

Leaving behind the silliness of last week's season opener, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony finally served up a program of music Thursday night that was serious, surprising, somber ...

Nothing much has changed in Seville since its famous Barber last visited the Los Angeles Opera six years ago; nothing much needs to. Now, as then, German director Michael Hampe offers proof that ...

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Boston Midsummer Opera returns for its 12th summer with one of the comic wonders of the operatic repertoire: the 17th and most beloved of Gioachino Rossini’s 40 operas, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (“The ...