David Platzer on “Louise d’Orléans, First Queen of the Belgians: A Romantic Destiny” at the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly ...

“Of all the orchestras in the world, which is the best?” I am regularly asked that question. My answer may be unsatisfying, ...

The Iowa poll is (or was) a highly respected operation whose results could not be easily dismissed. The poll has been a ...

Jacob’s early scholarship focused on the Nibelungenlied; Schmiesing argues that his fascination with the epic poem stemmed ...

In David Geffen Hall, Miah Persson came out to sing Strauss’s Four Last Songs. She is a veteran Swedish soprano. She knows ...

George Loomis on “Macbeth” at the Parma Festival Verdi.

David Frum, an author and columnist for The Atlantic: “Above all, we must learn to live in an America where an overwhelming ...

“One of the many mysteries of art is how the Muse picks the most disparate people,” said the German British painter Frank ...

Mozart is the great test of musicians—of violinists, pianists, singers, and conductors. Mozart is what separates the men from ...

The Wagner concert was titled “Gods and Mortals,” an oddity since Wagner’s gods perish and are thus quite mortal. The program ...

“It’s a battle of the bands!” said the man behind me to his companion. She protested, “It’s not a battle.” “I know,” he said. They were settling in to a concert at Zankel Hall last night. Onstage ...