'Half Of Humanity Has Something To Say': Composer Kaija Saariaho On Her Met...
The last time New York's Metropolitan Opera presented a work written by a woman was 113 years ago. It's a drought that lasted longer than the years between the Cubs' World Series victories. That...
View ArticleMeet The Producer Who Runs Her Opera Empire From A 2-Bedroom Apartment
Classical composers have long had their patrons: Beethoven had Archduke Rudolph, John Cage had Betty Freeman. For contemporary opera composers, there's Beth Morrison . She and her production company...
View ArticleSome Rockettes At Odds With Management Over Inauguration Performance
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The inauguration of President Trump is a couple weeks away, and his team has been scrambling to find performers. One group that signed on is...
View ArticleBroadway's Getting A New Theater, Which Is Also Its Oldest
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For decades, there have been exactly 40 Broadway theaters all between 41st and 65th Streets in Manhattan. Tonight, a new theater opens that...
View ArticleComposer Tim Minchin Brings 'Groundhog Day' To Broadway
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Tonight a musical adaptation of the popular film "Groundhog Day" opens on Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who's forced to...
View Article2 Stars Share The Stage, And The Roles, In 'Little Foxes'
Lillian Hellman's 1939 melodrama The Little Foxes has two great roles for actresses over the age of 40. Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon fill those roles in a new revival on Broadway ... but with one big...
View ArticlePlaywright Edward Albee's Incomplete Works May Never See The Light Of Day
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has been in the news a lot lately. Albee died in 2016 , and since then his estate has turned down a multi-racial production of Who's Afraid of Virginia...
View Article3 Top Ballet Companies Convene For The Golden Anniversary Of 'Jewels'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WOwWjwm-QY Russian, American and French ballet dancers are gathering Thursday night for a bit of cultural diplomacy at New York City's Lincoln Center. They're...
View ArticleCasting Directors On Broadway Seek To Unionize
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the ingredients a successful Broadway show needs is a talented cast. That starts with talented casting directors, the people who can see...
View Article'We Shall Not Be Moved': A New Opera Traces The Legacy Of The 1985 MOVE Bombing
We Shall Not Be Moved is a new opera that takes its name from both the old spiritual-turned-civil-rights anthem and the Philadelphia black liberation group, MOVE. That group might be best-remembered...
View Article150 Psalms, 12 Days: Music for Challenging Times At The White Light Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mubsMf0mmCw The Hebrew Psalms have inspired composers for thousands of years. Now, New York's Lincoln Center is presenting The Psalms Experience, a festival of choral...
View ArticleFamed Conductor Charles Dutoit Faces Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A major figure in the classical music world, conductor Charles Dutoit, has been accused of sexual misconduct in an article published...
View ArticleThe True Story Of A Spanish Royal And The Very High Voice That Healed Him
Several years ago, Claire van Kampen was composing music for a London theater production. During a break, one of the singers asked her if she knew the story of Farinelli, the famous 18th century opera...
View ArticlePeter Martins Leaves New York City Ballet Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The #MeToo moment has come to the world of ballet. On Monday, Peter Martins, the head of the New York City Ballet and its affiliated school,...
View ArticleMaking Musical Connections At Sing Sing Prison
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is not the sort of place you'd expect to find a flourishing music community, but a workshop run by Carnegie Hall offers inmates the ability to learn in harmony. Twice a...
View ArticleRepertorio Español Celebrates 50 Years With A World Premiere
One of the oldest and most distinguished Spanish language theaters in the U.S. is housed in a converted Manhattan brownstone. "It started actually as a private house," explains Robert Federico,...
View ArticleA Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'
Editor's note: This story includes language that some may find offensive. It was 1968. But playwright Mart Crowley felt he had to write what he knew. "Nobody wanted the play," Crowley says. "Not even...
View ArticleOliver Knussen, Composer And Conductor, Dies At 66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl43oYHrk1k Composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, one of Britain's most influential contemporary classical figures, died Sunday, July 8, at the age of 66. His passing...
View ArticleThe Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxwWlQNGeKE Aug. 25, 2018 marks the centennial of Leonard Bernstein 's birth. He was a singular American talent and one of the great orchestra conductors of his...
View ArticleNew York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way
Two of the country's oldest and most venerated music institutions, the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, are beginning their seasons with a change in artistic leadership. Both...
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