Jill Rivers talks about meeting Vaslav Nijinsky’s daughter and his decidedly odd grandson while researching her book about the dancer.

Caplan’s exploration of what she calls “Black operatic counterculture” is quite the game changer.

From delinquent youth to celebrated portrait artist, this is an extraordinary tale.

Messiaen’s mysteries are illuminated in these two impressive publications.

A noteworthy Australian composer explores the musical gardens he has tended.

Thomas Edmonds talks to Jansson J. Antmann about life on the opera stage and the people he’s met along the way.

Insights and revelations abound in an essential read for opera lovers.

A ripping yarn about musical women afloat in Vivaldi’s Venice.

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The composer, writer and broadcaster recalls a childhood full of music, the first time he saw a composer in the flesh and turning a Beatles’ song into a lullaby.

This vivid account transports you to 19th-century Vienna.

Everyone's favourite cartoon canine, a new opera inspired by one of the great Las Vegas acts, life aboard a BRAVO arts cruise and the 2024 Limelight Recordings of the Year.