Musical Events
Two Centuries Later, a Female Composer Is Rediscovered
Carolina Uccelli’s opera “Anna di Resburgo” was remarkably inventive—but it vanished after its première. Teatro Nuovo has brought it back to life.
An Opera About John Singer Sargent and a Male Model
Damien Geter’s “American Apollo,” at Des Moines Metro Opera, along with revivals of Debussy and Strauss.
Guillaume de Machaut’s Medieval Love Songs
The fourteenth-century composer’s expressions of longing can still leave an audience spellbound.
The Fashionista Modernism of Yuja Wang
The star pianist uses her glamour to lead audiences out of their comfort zones.
Revisiting Composers Suppressed by the Nazis
The Musica Non Grata series, in Prague, explores the glittering, elusive world of Alexander Zemlinsky.
The Escher Quartet and Igor Levit Test Musical Limits
The chamber ensemble played all six of Bartók’s string quartets, and the pianist played devilishly difficult transcriptions of symphonic scores by Mahler and Beethoven.
How Arnold Schoenberg Changed Hollywood
He moved to California during the Nazi era, and his music—which ranged from the lushly melodic to the rigorously atonal—caught the ears of everyone from George Gershwin to James Dean.
The Opera “Chornobyldorf” Channels Ukrainian Rage and Sorrow
The experimental work, recently staged at La Mama, feels eerily resonant in a time of war.
The Sonic Revolutions of George Lewis
As composer, improviser, electronic pioneer, and scholar, Lewis is one of the major musical minds of our time.
What Does California Sound Like?
A dazzling array of new music at the California Festival, spearheaded by Esa-Pekka Salonen.