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The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that as part of the 53rd New York Film Festival a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman ...

According to the Metropolitan Opera , rehearsals are well underway at the house for opening night, which will premiere the company's n...

It has been announced that Mary Jo Heath will become the new Metropolitan Opera radio host. She replaces Margaret Juntwait , who died e...

When George Benjamin , the composer of the opera Written on Skin , was a teenager he traveled to Paris to study with Olivier Messiaen . Th...

I saw Fun Home last night, a few months after it won the Tony Award as best musical. I thought I was a little late in getting to it, but ...

It cannot be denied that Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez has the kind of voice that only comes once in a lifetime. His lyrical, leggero ...

A recent press release from the Film Society of Lincoln Center reveals that Laurie Anderson has been commissioned to design the poster f...

Next week Benedict Cumberbatch begins his sold-out run of Hamlet at the Barbican in London. The production will be directed by Lindsey ...

I received the following from the Film Society of Lincoln Center: New York, NY (July 29, 2015) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center ann...

The following review appeared today in the New York Times . BAYREUTH, Germany — It’s the season of re-evaluating well-loved characters we...

The following article appeared on The Guardian : It’s that time of year again: the balmy nights of late spring are the augurs ...

Lots of news to report.  First, a poster advertising Opening Night of the Bayreuth Festival (on the left) is now available. The festival ...

Jon Vickers , the great Canadian tenor who excelled in such operatic roles as Otello , Tristan and Peter Grimes died at the age of 88 of...

Mankind's twisted dream to play God is at the heart of the best horror movies in cinema history. It is the driving force behind not ju...

The opening night performance of the opera William Tell , by Giacomo Rossini was booed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden because o...

The following appeared in the New York Times a few days ago:   The celebrated Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has a brain tum...

A.O. Scott , in his insightful review in the New York Times of the film Mad Max: Fury Road , wrote that this film isn’t "about heroi...

Julie Kent , who for many ballet fans represent the epitome of the all-American ballerina, bid farewell to her artistic home, American Bal...

  I received the following announcement from the Film Society of Lincoln Center: The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced toda...

Margaret Juntwait , Former WNYC Host, and the Voice of the Metropolitan Opera , died today at the age of 58. In the history of the Metrop...