Appointed to his post by Daniel Barenboim in 1994, Ridenour held the same position with the CSO for 31 seasons, playing with ...

The 2025 Cliburn medalists are, from left, Bronze medalist Evren Ozel, 26, from the United States, Gold medal winner Aristo Sham, 29, from China, and Silver medalist Vitaly Starikov, 30, from ...

After two intense weeks of solo mini-recitals and Mozart concertos and of course practice, practice, practice, the Final Round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finally got underway ...

Vitaly Starikov performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in the Finals of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer With medals hanging in the ...

Philipp Lynov performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Cliburn Competition Finals with Marin Alsop conducting the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Wednesday night. Photo: Ralph Lauer The temperature ...

Whatever troubling things may have been going on in the world outside, Symphony Hall was enveloped in a pink cloud of hope and gratitude Thursday night, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed ...

The annual Ravinia Women’s Board Gala has a place in musical lore as the occasion in 1999 when a 17-year-old pianist debuted to clamorous popular and critical acclaim as a last minute sub for the ...

In his superb Mahler Sixth with the Bavarian Radio Symphony last year, Simon Rattle made a convincing case for placing the Andante moderato second rather than third. (Mahler was ambivalent about the ...

Christian Tetzlaff performed Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the Grant Park Orchestra Friday night at Millennium Park. Photo: Charles Osgood The Grant Park Music Festival hit cruising speed Friday night ...

Finally, Egypt. Aida has long been planned as the final installment of Sarasota Opera’s complete Verdi series, closing the long-running cycle with the grandest of Verdi operas. It took 28 years and ...

When Paul Curran’s production of La Donna del Lago opened at Santa Fe Opera in 2013, it was met with widespread acclaim. His simple, hillside set capitalized on the festival’s outdoor setting, leaving ...

One Response to “New cast strikes sparks in Met’s ground-breaking Sin City “Rigoletto”” Posted Dec 09, 2013 at 10:18 am by Stephanie. I saw the first original cast in HD with Damrau as Gilda, Polish ...