Squeezed in between Mahler symphony cycle dates, Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Baroque Variations series soldiered on Wednesday night with a return visit by violinist Fabio Biondi’s period-performance ensemble Europa Galante. For someone attending all these

Benjamin Franke for The New York Times "The Song Continues" The mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, performing with Warren Jones, on piano, Thursday. The two musicians were guest artists at a concert featuring young singers at Zankel Hall. “I’m still here,” an

They’re young Ottawa talents causing a buzz in the classical music world, both so busy that their first performance together will happen not in their hometown, but at a prestigious New York hall, with help from one of the great opera singers of the centu

It says everything you need to know about the great mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne that she spent her 78th birthday on Monday listening to young singers. She has followed one of the most spectacular singing careers in opera history with devoted work as a te

Today is Monday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2012 with 350 to follow. This is observed as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars and Saturn, the evening stars Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptu

Joan Sutherland in the title role and Marilyn Horne as Adalgisa in Bellini's "Norma." (Louis Melancon/Metropolitan Opera Archives) St. Paul, Minn.