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Great music and gift ideas for classical music lovers (and how to get hold of them quickly).

Irene Dalis a great star of opera, who has been the founding and commanding grand dame of Opera San José for the past 30 years, died on Dec. 14.

Laszlo Vargaʼs extraordinary career is remembered on the occasion of his death, at nearly 90 years old.

In San Francisco Opera’s understudy room, a sense of camaraderie and good humor prevails, as singers watch a production they’ve prepared to perform, but which will go on without them.

News comes that the Met's deficit is it's most serious in decades, while the S.F. Opera's is way down.

Yuja Wang’s flying fingers and flamboyance may define her public image, but there’s a powerful musical personality and a surprisingly grounded person within that package, as she reveals here.

Is classical music criticism a mortally endangered art form? Top critics at the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism say itʼs actually in a golden age, in some respects. Read the report to find out why.

Pianist, writer, musical thinker: Jeremy Denk can do it all, and he's great to chat with, too.

From vampires to a neglected John Corigliano work, this season at L.A. Opera bears the stamp of the companyʼs advenurous CEO.

A letter to the editor on the topic John Adams' Klinghoffer at the Metropolitan Opera.