“Even divine nature needs its diminuendos and morendos, in order to come to life again and rise up, heading for…

 Drodzy są i widziani we śnie przyjaciele… [Dear are friends seen in a dream….]  — Adam Mickiewicz, Forefathers’ Eve I…

The guys with the long-hair are very worried about the issue of old music. No wonder. With so many classical…

Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry By Dana Gioia (Paul Dry Books, 198 pages, $20) “People’s reaction to opera…

For in joy will you go And in peace will you be brought along. The mountains and the hills will…

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City has issued its first “trigger warning” for Puccini’s 1926 opera, Turandot, which takes place in…

There’s a fatal temptation with Lent. Few people struggle to come up with a list of things to “give up”…

In the last eight or nine years, it’s felt to many Americans as if the country has changed very dramatically,…

Last weekend marked the second week of Advent, a time of hope when Christians await the coming of our Savior,…

Their tiny fingers fly up and down the keyboard eight hours a day and their fearsome dedication shows no sign…