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Little did I know, as I sat in Verizon Hall back on March 7th waiting for the concert to begin, that it would be the last Philadelphia Orchestra concert…

The first woman composer to win an Oscar for best original score is releasing her first album of music not written for a film or stage production.

Seymour: An Introduction is an inspiring new documentary by the actor Ethan Hawke. It's about Seymour Bernstein, who quit a successful concert career at the age of 50 to become a piano teacher.

Poetry. Motion. Sound. For most of the 85 years Sonia Sanchez has existed, she has known and embraced the power of words and music, eventually merging…

With boundless idiomatic versatility and impeccable control and intonation in the lower registers, Lauren Henderson proves herself a force on Musa.

On the occasion of the legendary bassist's centennial, broadcaster and bass player Greg Bryant zeroes in on the legend's technical wizardry.

Tenor Joshua Blue and soprano Raven McMillon from the cast of Rigoletto stopped by the WRTI Performance Studio to sing for us and share some insight about the popular opera. Opera Philadelphia presents a run of four performances at the Academy of Music starting April 29th.

A new production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' directed by Ivo van Hove and conducted by Nathalie Stuzmann, has earned acclaim. WRTI's own Mike Bolton explores the opera's themes, and its complex moral web.

Aaron Copland's ode to Abraham Lincoln has long captured the popular imagination, in myriad interpretations. Its message feels pointedly relevant on this Election Day.

A recent east coast premiere of 'The Comet / Poppea,' presented by Curtis Opera Theatre, was a reminder of how Philadelphia has become a new epicenter for bold contemporary opera.