We've all heard the wisdom about the holiday season – It’s the season for giving, not getting. Celebrate the things that matter most. Be grateful for the…

This episode of The Mozart Minute was previously published on May 29, 2015 at www.wosu.org/classical101.More than 200 years after its premiere, Mozart's…

Luciano Pavarotti would have turned 80 on October 12 of this year. He died in 2007.It was March of 1976. I took the bus from Boston down to Port Authority…

For the last 35 years, Opera Columbus has provided the capital city with a hometown company and amazing works. However before his fabulous organization…

As the saying goes, it takes one to know one. Mozart knew all kinds of characters, on and off the opera stage. He also knew good drama when he saw it,…

Join host Christopher Purdy for a discussion about the coming Fall season for the performing arts in Central Ohio.Guests: Peggy Kriha Daye, Artistic…

Opera and More, the weekly opera program on Classical 101, presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, sung in English, Saturday September 5th at 1:00 PM.…

Opera Columbus and Ballet Met collaborate on a new production of Lully's baroque spectacle, Armide at the Southern theater September 17, 18 and 20. The…

Rossini's five act grand opera Guilliaume Tell is having a controversial run of performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. Damiano…

I have just finished directing an opera. The performances were enjoyed by full houses. Everything went well, and this wasn't my first time at the rodeo.I…

Teodor Currentzis is a Greek born conductor who trained in Moscow. Today he lives and works in the city of Perm, in the Ural mountains.Most recordings of…

More than 200 years after its premiere, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro remains one of the best-loved comic operas in the repertoire. And if you…