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There are so many pianists and violinists who perform solo with our local orchestras that opera lovers should be especially thankful for the efforts of Diane Wittry, the music director and conductor ...

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As part of the worldwide Mozart 250th birthday celebrations, last June conductor Richard Bradshaw brought three rising opera stars together to record an album of arias and duets from Mozart’s greatest ...

GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz tells us a story about a singer he discovered only a few months ago without realizing he ...

Soprano Patricia Ciofi sings an aria from Verdi's Rigoletto. (Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house.) It happens every day. You're at ...

(SOUNDBITE OF HANDEL'S "LA RESURREZIONE (1708), HWV 47 / PARTE PRIMA: 'DISSERRATEVI, O PORTE D'AVERNO'") GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic ...