But that hasn’t stopped Philip Glass from appropriating the 16th president as a character in three of his theater works and, ...

“The aspect of things that are most important for us,” Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, “are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” The great philosopher wasn’t speaking of orchestral ...

“[Bleeping] family,” Jeff Goldblum’s Zeus mutters in an early episode of Netflix’s Kaos. He could easily have been referring to the dysfunctional brood at the heart of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s ...

The end of a matter, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, is better than its beginning. Though that reality isn’t borne out in every situation, the sentiment largely applies to Beethoven’s nine ...

Some season finales feel bigger than others. Take The Seraphim Singers’ concert Saturday night at Brookline’s All Saints Parish. On the one hand, their program, led by music director Jennifer Lester, ...

To judge from his appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons on Thursday night, Yo-Yo Ma isn’t just the world’s most famous cellist. He’s also a collegial mensch. No sooner had ...

Three years after shelving a planned run of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly because of questions about the opera’s depictions of its Asian characters and then engaging in a public reckoning with ...

As far as Beethoven was concerned, his Sixth Symphony is self-explanatory. “Anyone who has the faintest idea of rural life,” the composer offered, “will have no need of descriptive titles”—though, ...

Happiness, George Burns once quipped, is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. Samuel Barber’s Vanessa showcases an alternative: the opera, with its libretto by Gian Carlo ...

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will shut down permanently after the 2026-2027 season after 48 years of bringing classical music to area concertgoers. Managing director Sean Lewis announced Tuesday ...

Boston Classical Review is seeking concert reviewers for the 2026-27 season. Solid knowledge of classical repertory is required as well as first-class writing skills. Classical reviewing and/or ...

Such was the intensity of the cheering that greeted Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday afternoon at Symphony Hall that one could be forgiven for thinking the ensemble ...