Portrait of an artist: Hungarian soprano Andrea Rost rolls the dice for political change

After switching from performing to politics, the famous soprano Andrea Rost has lost a lot because of her decision to ...

SXSW 2026: the 12 breakout artists our critics say you need to see in Austin

Looking for the next big thing at SXSW? Here are 12 breakout artists to watch in Austin during the 2026 festival.
The Arts Desk

St John Passion, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Whelan, St-Martin-in-the-Fields review – high drama, fine detail

My last St John Passion arrived during the Proms in the vast hanger of the Royal Albert Hall, where the impeccable, discreet ...
musicOMH

Women and Power review – International Women’s Day celebrated with musical and historical fluency at Wigmore Hall

Soprano Nardus Williams, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and classicist Mary Beard in a programme of music and readings that salutes the powerful roles of women in classical antiquity, Renaissance Italy and ...

James Gandolfini's 60 Minutes interview had Sopranos fans in awe of his accent

After six seasons of hearing James Gandolfini talk in "The Sopranos," fans were stunned to hear the bowling shirt-wearing mobster's voice on "60 Minutes." ...
Opinion

There’s no chance of an end to the Burke family circus – and maybe that’s not a bad thing

But dispatching Martina and Ammi off to the Dóchas Centre for two weeks is unlikely to put an end to the Burke family circus. If anything, the circus may be about to go full cirque du soleil. [ ‘You ...
Playbill

Yuval Sharon Directs a New, Audacious Version of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

The second half of the 2025–26 season opens with a Wagner event for the ages, as blazing soprano Lise Davidsen headlines the composer’s all-consuming epic Tristan und Isolde after years of ...
BroadwayWorld

English National Opera to Premiere ANGEL'S BONE by Du Yun This May

English National Opera has announced that Du Yun's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel's Bone will open at the London Coliseum ...

The World Cup’s gravitational pull can’t solve our bigger problems

World Cups are always a success in a narrow, logistical sense. The grasping functionaries of FIFA have too much at stake to let one fail. Disruptive politics can be edited out, like anti-regime ...
Bach

Two falls and a submission: L'italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

When Gioachino Rossini wrote L’italiana in Algeri in 1813, he was barely 21 years old. The speed of composition – he purportedly composed the opera based on a previously successful libretto by Angelo ...
New York Classical Review

Brooklyn Art Song Society conveys the eternal truths of Rorem’s epic masterpiece

This is, quite simply, one of the finest song cycles in classical music, an equal to the famous ones from Schumann, Schubert, and other European composers. This is also a great American work, with ...
The Utah Review

Highlighting Spanish, Cuban, Mexican music, NOVA Chamber Music Series sets March 8 concert, Recuerdos Musicales

Definitely a first for NOVA Chamber Music Series, Recuerdos Musicales (March 8, 3 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall) will feature Spanish, Cuban and Mexican music by composers from the diaspora, all of whom ...