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News Articles: Genre: Classical

Maria Callas as Rosina in Rossini's <em>Il Barbieri di Siviglia</em>, at Milan's La Scala theater in 1956.

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  • Music

Maria Callas: The soprano of the century

One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.

December 03, 2023
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  • Tom Huizenga
A scene from <em>Florencia en el Amazonas. </em>

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  • Arts & Life

Finding a place at the Met, this opera sings in a language of its own

Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.

November 27, 2023
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By:
  • Luis Trelles
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in <em>Maestro.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

'Maestro' chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conduct

Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.

November 22, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas

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  • Music Interviews

The curious mind — and hard work — of bassist Christian McBride

The Grammy-winning bassist, bandleader and broadcaster talks about his love for music, family ties in the jazz world, and the thrill of sitting in with Wynton Marsalis as a teenager.

November 16, 2023
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  • Lara Downes
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The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to China for anniversary of historic 1973 trip

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with violinist Davyd Booth, who was part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic 1973 tour of China.

November 10, 2023
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  • Karen Zamora,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
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The new album of music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is a warm blanket of comfort in troubled times.

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  • Music Reviews

A disciplined plea for peace – and quiet – from composer Arvo Pärt

A new album of music by the 88-year-old Estonian mystic seems to put an arm around you and whisper, "In troubled times, music can help."

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Emerson String Quartet performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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  • Concerts

Emerson String Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

In one of its very final performances ever, the durable and beloved string quartet says farewell with music by Beethoven, Walker and Ravel.

November 06, 2023
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  • Tom Huizenga
Baritone Will Liverman stars in <em>X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X </em>at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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  • Arts & Life

Malcolm X arrives — finally — at New York's Metropolitan Opera

An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Hauschka performs at the Essen Philharmonie in 2015.

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  • Music Interviews

Hauschka's prepared piano is a layered canvas of sounds in new album

On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.

October 20, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
John Malkovich says theater is like surfing. Actors might think they are the wave — but they're not: "The wave is created by the collision between the material and the public. You ride the wave or you don't." Malkovich is pictured above in <em>The Music Critic.</em>

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  • Theater

Even Beethoven got bad reviews. John Malkovich reads them aloud as 'The Music Critic'

A new live stage show features actor John Malkovich transformed into some of the meanest music critics ever — in real reviews skewering the work of great composers like Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas

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  • Music Videos

How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture

On her album, Black Rainbows, Bailey Rae was inspired by the art, books and magazines at the Stony Island Arts Bank, a repository for Black history on Chicago's South Side, created by Gates.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Lara Downes
Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński also breakdances, two skills showcased in Semele at Munich's Bavarian State Opera this year before it heads to New York's Metropolitan Opera next season.

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  • Performing Arts

From opera to breakdancing and back again: Jakub Józef Orliński fuses two worlds

Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński talks about his new album with Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra.

October 16, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
Composer Angélica Negrón, whose works are increasingly heard in concert halls across America, looks to her native Puerto Rico for inspiration.

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  • Music Interviews

In Angélica Negrón's music, childlike wonder meets the pull of Puerto Rico

The Brooklyn-based composer talks about the musical powers of her island homeland, writing music for America's top orchestras and making music with plants.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of <em>Dead Man Walking</em>, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York.

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  • Arts & Life

North Carolina radio station plans to reject broadcasts of 'inappropriate' Met operas

WCPE says that six contemporary operas being presented this season by the Metropolitan Opera — including ones dealing with violence, race and LGBTQ issues — are "unsuitable" for broadcast.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Cellist Katie Tertell (front right) performs at the <a href="https://www.appalachianchamber.org/">Appalachian Chamber Music Festival</a>, which featured what's believed to be the U.S. premiere of Cassadó's String Quartet No. 1 this year.

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  • Music Features

American cellist hunts for Gaspar Cassadó's nearly lost treasures

American cellist Katie Tertell is seeking to recover from Japan forgotten manuscripts by Spanish composer Gaspar Cassadó.

September 25, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
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