Join guest host Christopher Purdy as he talks with a panel of experts about the latest in arts and culture around Columbus.Guests:Lisa Minken, producer,…

Soprano Maria Callas—controversial, temperamental, with a voice described alternately as "dazzling" and "catastrophic"—remains an enigma whose recordings…

Sept. 16 is the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Born in 1923, Callas was 53 years old when she died.She had not sung a fully staged opera…

One of the many joys of this job is seeing locally based talent grow to become a thriving entity. Such is the case with Antoine Clark, a young clarinetist…

Wotan’s Farewell (“Der Augen leuchtendes Paar”) from Wagner’s Die Walküre There are moments in Richard Wagner’s music that bring tears to the eyes. This…

It would be difficult to name an individual who occupies a more exalted place in the American collective memory than John F. Kennedy. The former U.S.…

It’s an opera about a woman imprisoned by psychological demons. It was filmed at Alcatraz. And, if all that isn't cool enough, later this month you’ll be…

The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts take a summer break, and I step in to bring you grand opera, both favorites and the unexpected. Opera and More returns…

Most people know the ditty about the toreador not spitting on the floor. Carmen, filled with tunes long made popular, has a foolproof story—sultry gypsy…

"Too much of a good thing is wonderful," Mae West once said.Can one city have too many performances of symphony, opera, ballet, theater and chamber…

German bass Kurt Moll has died at the age of 78.It was Moll's voice that most entranced me when, many years ago, I bought my first opera recording,…

Recently I was reminded that Mozart wrote his final opera, Die Zauberflöte "The Magic Flute," as entertainment for a suburban theater outside Vienna. He…