It’s been a long road, but Frank Zappa’s magnum opus has finally been reconstructed and is given a semistaged production, complete with video, this week at Disney Hall.
The violin bow may look like a simple piece of technology, but it is integral to the sound of the instrument and making bows is the work of master craftspeople.
Gifted with a beautiful, big voice, which she has developed into a completely reliable instrument, Leah Crocetto is rapidly ascending in the ranks of the world’s dramatic sopranos.
In an ongoing news item on an investigation underway, the Peninsula Symphony that reports its bank accounts have been cleaned out of approximately a half million dollars.
Verdi wrote 23 operas, of which about 10 are consistently among the most-performed operas every year. So a short playlist like this will hardly do justice to the composer’s achievement. But it will get you started.
Pandora Internet Radio is at the center of a debate on royalty payments for internet streaming. Whatever structure evolves over the next couple of years may define the way the industry is treated, and how it treats artists, for a long time.
Whether you’re going out for a run or planning a long drive or settling down for a study session, sometimes you need music that gets your pulse and tickles your brain. Here's a playlist to get your groove on.
