Florence Foster Jenkins, World’s Worst Opera Diva
Florence Foster Jenkins, the legendary diva of awfulness, known as the world's worst opera singer.
83-Year-Old Carmen de Lavallade Dances at Kennedy Center
Dance icon Carmen de Lavallade, 83, was the first African-American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera.
Ain’t Misbehaving? When Audiences Distract The Performers
Should distracting live audience members be shamed for their behavior?
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Will Be a New TV Series
Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, a short story collection by Karen Russell, will be turned into an ABC show
Remembering “Car Talk” Host Tom Magliozzi
Tom Magliozzi, one of the "Tappet Brother" hosts of the popular public radio show "Car Talk" has died.
Hermathena
Selected items from Hermathena, a scholarly journal of classics from Trinity College, Dublin.
Did Mrs. Bach Write the Cello Suites?
A new documentary film Written by Mrs. Bach suggests that the composer’s second wife is the author of his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello & other works.
The Death of Klinghoffer: John Adams’ Opera Sparks Protest at the Met
The Death of Klinghoffer, The opera accused of promoting terrorism and anti-Semitism, has been dubbed "The Terror Opera" in some corners of the press.
New Mozart Manuscript Discovered in Budapest
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's manuscripts were recently discovered by Balazs Mikusi at the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest