Whatever troubling things may have been going on in the world outside, Symphony Hall was enveloped in a pink cloud of hope and gratitude Thursday night, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed ...

Christian Tetzlaff performed Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the Grant Park Orchestra Friday night at Millennium Park. Photo: Charles Osgood The Grant Park Music Festival hit cruising speed Friday night ...

For his final program as music director, Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 this weekend. Photo: Marco Borggreve Conductor Thierry Fisher was in a relaxed mood after ...

The focus of this season at Santa Fe Opera is the world premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, the first opera composed by Mason Bates. When the company announced, two years ago, that it was ...

Flora Hawk and Jonathan Michie star in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s Loving v. Virginia at Virginia Opera. Photo: Dave Pearson Virginia Opera is marking its golden anniversary season in the ...

Erika Grimaldi as Desdemona and Arsen Soghomonyan in the title role of Verdi’s Otello, in a concert performance by the National Symphony Orchestra Friday night at the Kennedy Center. Photo: Scott ...

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas responds to the audience ovations at Thursday night’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert. Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo What conductor has enjoyed the longest continuous ...

Aaron Engebreth and Abagail Paschke in George Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing, presented by Odyssey Opera. Photo: Kathy Wittman What has been harder to come by of late, and not just locally, are ...

A spirited sense of humor and ardent admiration for Wagner do not always go hand in hand. The French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) not only combined both qualities in his person – Vincent ...

String quartets come and go, but some have made a major cultural impact by their sheer longevity. Fewer still have made such an impact with their membership intact. The Emerson Quartet began decades ...

Klaus Mäkelä conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 Thursday night. Photo: Todd Rosenberg One can’t say Klaus Mäkelä is taking the easy road in his concerts leading up to ...

In the classical music world, compositions titled “Passion” usually have a very specific focus—the story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and death. American composer David Lang reveres many of those ...