Numerous works have been derived from William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. It’s the timeless and provocative story of two star-crossed lovers in Verona,...
Despite the claim of composer Dmitri Shostakovich that his final symphony contained no extra-musical meaning, doubt remains. Post-glasnost realizations make it ...
Everyone loves a good fairy tale. They’re relatable, tapping into deeply human themes like true love, heroism and justice. But there’s always an element of ench...
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo didn’t know that her art was surrealistic until the French poet André Breton told her. In Breton’s estimation, whether it was a self...
Atlanta is a city that attracts international artists. They visit us frequently, charming and edifying us with their artistry before moving on to the next city....
Opera is no stranger to crimes of passion. However, opera also portrays the best of humanity alongside all of the human folly. The Atlanta Opera presents Jake H...
With an online presence of more than 113,000 followers on Instagram, Ray Chen is not your grandmother’s violin virtuoso. Chen arrives in Atlanta this week to pl...
It’s 8:30 on a Monday night, and conductor Michael O’Neal is standing in front of a symphonic chorus of 145 singers at Roswell United Methodist Church. Looking ...
Beethoven didn’t really like composing songs, but his creative output includes 60 of them, many of which are settings of the great 19th-century German lawyer-po...
Soprano Julia Bullock has a dilemma. Opera is all about stereotypes aka fach -- role classification based upon a classical singer’s vocal and sometimes physical...
