Classical News

Conductor Lorin Maazel, whose prodigious career included seven years at the helm of the New York Philharmonic, died Sunday at his home in northern Virginia.

HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL, that hummable time capsule of 1960's hippy life, is a beloved Tie-Dyed show that seemed dated as soon as the Woodstock Era gave way to the Day-Glo, Quaalude-induced 1970's.

Paul Clark presents a round-up of the Twelfth of July celebrations, featuring all the colour and spectacle from the main county parades.

James Malpus will undertake the Discovery Digital Placement with The London Symphony Orchestra from September and will be based at St Luke's Music Education Centre.

The classical babies concert at the Riverhouse Barn, organised by Dotty and Jack's, allowed more than 70 little ones to experience a range of musical sounds in a relaxed environment.

Amazon's 'Jungle' is a family affair. Arriving this fall, Mozart in the Jungle is a half-hour comedy set behind the scenes at a version of the New York Philharmonic.

Amazon Studios is launching a slew of new scripted shows this summer and fall and one of them is "Mozart in the Jungle," a look at a fictionalized New York Philharmonic.

Stars from television and national stages are lining up to take to the stage, with doors opening for audience members later on Saturday afternoon.

The Essex Group will be performing the powerful rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar from July 16 to 19 at the Witham Public Hall.

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods , which made its world premiere at The Old Globe in 1986, is presented in a re-imagined production at the San Diego theatre beginning July 12. Directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld , the acting company includes Jessie Austrian , Noah Brody , Matt Castle , Alison ... (more)

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, opens its 16th season on Wednesday, August 6 with the concert Inspired by Italy.

When Nia Vardalos first arrived at rehearsals for Theatre 20's "Company," she thought she had made a terrible mistake.

Sunday's concert in honor of Bastille Day - France's Fourth of July - by the Lakeside Chamber Players will be quintessentially French, according to its founder, bassoonist Janet Harris.

A company official says the path of saltwater that spilled from a pipeline in western North Dakota extends for nearly 2 miles and has left behind a 200-yard-long stretch of dead vegetation.

Competing at the Olympics for Thailand as Vanessa Vanakorn, using the surname of her Thai father, she finished last of 67 racers in the giant slalom.

It all comes together in a darkly delicious way in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," which is now onstage at Aurora Community Theatre.

ILKLEY Concert Club announces the details of its 69th Season this week with the publication of the 2014/2015 season brochure.

Star-crossed lovers, two heavily armed families vying for political dominance - long before Game of Thrones, Shakespeare branded the enduring appeal of these elements with Romeo and Juliet.

JESSICA PALOPOLI/SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE The Baker and his wife get frisky in the fairy tale-themed musical 'Into the Woods.'

On the list of gay and lesbian composers whose music is celebrated in the Austin Chamber Music Festival's annual Pride Concert, figures from the 20th and 21st centuries predominate which isn't surprising considering how recently Western culture has begun to remove the stigma around sexual orientation.