After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

Todd Field’s 2022 classical music psychodrama, “Tár,” puts the audience through a whirlwind of namedrops, and most of those names are those of actual A-listers in the field: Leonard Bernstein, Marin ...

In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is now considered one of the finest violin concertos of the 20th century. As ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It seems all but unthinkable today: A major TV network hires a famous composer to write an original opera and broadcasts it live in prime time on Christmas Eve. But it was a different ...

Albert "AJ" Rhodes Jr., left, and Joyce DiDonato appear during a rehearsal for Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Amahl at the Night Visitors" at Lincoln Center Theater in New York on Dec. 5, 2025. (Julieta ...

Samuel Barber wrote his Capricorn Concerto at his house, a place he nicknamed “Capricorn” for its sunlit hilltop views. The music keeps that sense of openness: bright solos, fresh colors, and a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook At the New York Philharmonic, concertos by Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis offered contrasting musical ideas: lyrical cohesion and ...

We attended the exhilarating opening night of the two-week engagement of Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce Theater. This is the Company’s 31st annual season and performances will continue ...

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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra took its latest show on the road Friday night, marking its debut at the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Concert Hall with the first of two weekend performances aptly ...