Tristan und Isolde

Birgit Nilsson was born 100 years ago, on May 17, 1918, at her parents’ farm in Sweden. By her death in 2005, Nilsson had long been considered the world’s…

Born May 17, 1918, Birgit Nilsson was an extraordinary Swedish soprano.I vividly recall Nov. 4, 1979. I was on my way to a study group, preparing for a…

There may be a phantom of the opera in literature, in the movies and on Broadway. But in recent years, tenor Jonas Kaufmann has risked being labeled the…

The Metropolitan Opera begins a new season of live in HD transmissions from the Met stage in New York to cinemas worldwide with their new production of…

There are learned people who divide the history of western music of the past 500 years into two categories: before and after Tristan.Richard Wagner's…

I was recently reading "The Face on Your Plate" by Jeffrey Mousaieff Masson, who has written eloquently about the emotional lives of animals in other…