Review: ‘The Righteous’ Brings Stirring Prayer to Santa Fe Opera
Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s new work about an ambitious minister’s rise in the 1980s is that rarity in contemporary music: an original story.
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Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s new work about an ambitious minister’s rise in the 1980s is that rarity in contemporary music: an original story.
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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of her second album, the singer and songwriter spoke about being destabilized by sudden fame — and how she got her center back.
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A conversation about the Detroit rapper’s long and unlikely career as his 12th studio album reaches No. 1.
At the close of his 10-year Madison Square Garden residency, the singer took a victory lap with some of his most ardent fans.
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Wolfgang Rihm, Prolific Contemporary Classical Music Composer, Dies at 72
Likened to a “court composer” for Germany, he wrote more than 500 pieces and was considered one of the most original and independent musical voices in Europe.
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Review: Grand Opera Makes a Comeback With ‘Le Prophète’
Meyerbeer, one of the 19th century’s most popular composers, is out of fashion today. But his work is receiving a rare revival at Bard College.
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A Memoir That Delivers on Its Promise of ‘Sex, Drugs, and Opera’
In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.
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A Tenor With One of the Strangest, Most Essential Voices in Opera
Klaus Florian Vogt, a Wagner specialist with an ethereal yet mighty sound, is returning to the Bayreuth Festival to sing in the “Ring.”
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Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won’t Return to His Ensembles
John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year.
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A death certificate filed last week revealed the natural causes behind the death last July of Ms. O’Connor, the Irish singer and activist.
By Amelia Nierenberg
The band members were traveling on Friday to a performance when their plane crashed in Wyoming. Four others on board were killed.
By Emmett Lindner
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco’s Summer of Love.
By Alex Williams
The singer and songwriter, 75, wrapped his decade-long residency at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Up next? A new era in his live career.
By Caryn Ganz
Thousands of people piled into Madison Square Garden on Thursday to hear Billy Joel’s catalog of hits in the final show of his long residency at the arena.
By Alexandra E. Petri
The 1993 album “Doggystyle” went on to sell millions of copies around the world and solidified the career of Mr. Daniel, known as Joe Cool, as a hip-hop illustrator.
By Emmett Lindner
The rap duo’s raw songs and festival-like touring strategy has paid off: Its latest album opened at No. 5 without traditional industry strategies or support.
By Larry Fitzmaurice
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society.
By Giovanni Russonello
Steve Porcaro of Toto, who played on some of the biggest hits of the ’80s, has sold the rights to his music, including a pair of unreleased tracks with the superstar.
By Ben Sisario
When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.
By Zachary Woolfe
“The Linguini Incident,” a low-budget ’90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director’s cut.
By Jason Bailey
The rising pop star now has five songs on the Hot 100. The venues her team picked out months ago are struggling to fit her ballooning audience.
By Tricia Romano and Chona Kasinger
She is her own manager, books her own tours and has never had a publicist. And her latest album features a song about communism in the style of Madonna’s “Vogue.”
By Shaad D’Souza
He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton.
By Larry Rohter
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Listen to songs by Clairo, Dawn Richard and Sturgill Simpson plus more.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Serge Koussevitzky, a prolific commissioner born 150 years ago, made his mark not only on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but also on American music.
By David Allen
Robert De Niro thanked President Biden, Spike Lee praised Vice President Kamala Harris and Aaron Sorkin backed her (not Mitt Romney) for the top of the ticket.
By Matt Stevens
He sang tenor on hits like “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).”
By Jim Farber
Charli XCX, John Legend and other musicians posted messages supporting the vice president’s nomination, while fans remixed an old speech into pop hits on TikTok.
By Maya Salam
The rapper’s “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” replaced the pop superstar’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks of dominance at the top.
By Ben Sisario
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