What changes did the classical music world see in 2024? Are existing trends continuing, or slowing? With more than 30,000 ...

Beyond the very back rows of the Crypto.com Arena, past the edge of red carpet, way out in the hinterlands of the Grammys’ ...

February 3, 2025 • Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

Maestro Marzio Conti, the “unofficial" principal guest conductor at the Jacobs School of Music, sat down with the Indiana ...

The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, ...

Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” ...

Verdi, on the other hand — his beard was an ungroomed mess.

Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.

New Amsterdam Singers has announced the retirement of Music Director Clara Longstreth — who founded the chorus in 1968 and ...

Bampton Classical Opera is set to present Salieri’s “La Iocandiera” this fall. The opening performance of the production is set for July 18 and 19 at The Deanery Garden in Bampton, Oxfordshire. That ...

Each of these artists has uniquely contributed to their respective genres and achieved remarkable recognition.

Composer Edmond Dédé, a Black American living in exile in France, completed the nearly 550-page score in 1887. But the ...