The giant chandeliers were lit and the stage was set for the Spanish pianist to weave his musical magic on his Nepali audience, who had gathered to hear him play on this November 21 evening. And ...

While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

It appears that reports of classical music’s commercial death in Los Angeles have been greatly exaggerated. Radio station KUSC’s latest membership drive has proven there’s still money in it, too. The ...

Since the word derives from the French term for "opening", you would think that overtures would usually be preludes to something else. And for the most part they are. Overtures as a rule introduce, in ...

Nicholas Méhul (1763-1817) is an intriguing transitional figure in French music, with a career that historically spanned the final years of the reign of Louis XVI and the heyday of Napoleon, and ...

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra on Monday announced the schedule and theme for its Summer Pops program, an annual ...