Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” ...

Readers respond to Manvir Singh’s essay about language and thought and to Hua Hsu’s review of “Mood Machine,” Liz Pelly’s new book about Spotify.

Keeley Hawes, who stars as Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama, and director Aisling Walsh chime in on the debate along with writer Andrea Gibb who calls the show “a feminist piece.” ...

Local Catholics will be formally introduced to the newly installed Archbishop of Milwaukee during a special Mass next month.

The humorous and witty opera is one of only six of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ surviving works.

Joann, an Ohio-based fabric retailer, may lay off over 1,000 employees amid bankruptcy, with potential closures of its corporate office, distribution center, and Omni Fulfillment Center.

Dr. Jose Rizal’s letter written before his death surfaced in Austria. A handwritten letter of the Philippine hero was discovered in the Vienna City Library archives ...

Gisborne Choral Society is to present Mozart's Mass in C Minor at St Andrew's Church on April 6 and is looking for new voices ...

He will perform music by Debussy, Schumann, Harold Arlen, as well as himself, playing both the piano and a Lumatone, the first time a musician has performed on this instrument in the hall.

Today, my house is worth just over $460,000. An increase of about 200%. And today, 20-plus years later, the exemption is $100,000, an increase of about, uh … ZERO! What’s up ...

Opera Philadelphia is staging a company premiere at Academy of Music; an 18th century opera believed to be the first ever composed by a Black artist.

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.