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In its ongoing efforts to find innovative new platforms for presenting classical music, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam recently launched a video magazine, RCO Editions, available for iPhone and iPad. Each issue... -
Paul McCartney Debuts Two Songs At The iHeartRadio Music Festival 2013, 'Save Us' and 'Everybody Out There' Off Upcoming, 'New' [WATCH]
71-year-old rock legend, Paul McCartney, debuted two new songs off his upcoming album, "New," at the iHeartRadio Music Festival this weekend. He also played his previously released single, "New," which comes off the album as well. -
Cher Announces 'Dressed to Kill' Tour In Support of New Album, 'Closer To The Truth' On NBC's Today Show
Cher announced this morning on NBC's Today Show earlier this morning that she is kicking off a new tour called "Dressed To Kill." This will be the singer's first tour in eight years, since 2005's "Never Can Say Goodbye Tour." -
Five Quickies: JAMES LEVINE BACK at the MET, James Rhodes on Gramos, Darcy James Argue on John Adams, John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" Birthday Viz
Here, then, is today's news. News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August. -
TRANSLATION: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, "Cruel Trick"
Part III: 16. "Cruel Trick" Lost in the fire of last year's Pierrot centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. -
Philip Glass Scores Harry Smith's 'Early Abstractions' @ Film-Makers' Cooperative Benefit
New American cinema, meet standard-issue Glass. Penciled in between Elliott Sharp's guitar accompaniment to Paul Sharits' Ray Gun Virus and the sex type skronk of Transgendered Jesus, Philip Glass doing Harry Everett Smith was touted as headlining the Eighth Annual Music and Film Benefit Concert and Art Auction for the Film-Makers' Cooperative. -
Plácido Domingo Named Praemium Imperiale, with 15 Million Yen, by the Japan Art Association
Awarded in fields of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prizes, the Praemium Imperiale is given in memory of Prince Takamatsu (1905–87), younger brother of Emperor Shōwa who reigned from 1926 through 1989. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Richard Wagner Recordings
Wagner's epic operas are rather long for you to plough through all the available recordings looking for favorites, so don't worry, we've done it for you. -
Dallas Symphony Win New Terms, Lexington Philharmonic Agree Temporarily...Minnesota Orchestra Players Rumored to Go it Alone
Three perspectives on the current, sometimes tragic, woes hitting orchestras and their managements in North America: One has agreed new terms, another temporary terms, and the third, with agreement still not in sight, might perform on its -
Steven Isserlis Swaps Cello for Editor’s Visor at The Strad
The great cellist assumes the guest editorship of The Strad's October 2013 edition. The leading cellist Steven Isserlis has been honing his literary credentials for some time. -
Classic Brit Awards 2013 to Honor Luciano Pavarotti for Lifetime Achievement
While quite how excited an artist can get about an award after their demise is debatable (at best), perhaps depending on one's religious views, the U.K.'s Classic Brits have announced that they will bestow a posthumous award on Luciano... -
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden’s 2013-14 Cinema Season Gets Underway
Tenor of the moment Jonas Kaufmann and a new full-length Shakespeare ballet by Christopher Wheeldon are among highlights of the new cinema season from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. And it's a medium that seems to have found its...
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