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Janos Gereben - February 7, 2012

West Edge's Marley/Manga Flute

West Edge Opera's <em>Flute</em> No matter how many productions you might have seen of Mozart’s Magic Flute, almost c
Janos Gereben - January 31, 2012

Saluting the Inexhaustible Peter Ilyich

Maria Kotchetkova dances Tatiana in <em>Onegin</em> Tchaikovsky is not always fully apprecia
Wynne Delacoma - January 31, 2012

Faced with the retirement of one famous conductor, the Chicago Symphony went courting and landed its man.

Michael Zwiebach - January 27, 2012

Arts organizations serving their broad constituencies need to fight for — and celebrate — victories in government funding.

Janos Gereben - January 24, 2012

Happy New Chinese Music!

Dragon timeThe lunar new year, which started yesterday, means celebrations for Vietnamese (Te’t), Koreans (Seol-nal), Mongolians (Tsagaan Sar), and many others, but the shorthand reference is usually “Chines
Jesse Hamlin - January 18, 2012

Listening to Mozart won’t make you smarter. Music training, though, appears to enhance language skills, according to recently reported studies.

Jason Victor Serinus - January 17, 2012

Composer Jake Heggie and Librettist Terrence McNally team up to create Great Scott, an opera referencing bel canto works of yore, which The Dallas Opera will premiere three seasons hence.