Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade" draws inspiration from "Arabian Nights," also known as "One Thousand and One Nights," which ...

2 Esa-Pekka Salonen to Lead Scriabin's PROMETHEUS, POEM OF FIRE with LA Phil As the New York Times observes, since its inception nearly three decades ago, "the Bard Music Festival has managed more ...

Hear two selections from 'Scheherazade' conducted by Marin Alsop's mentor, Leonard Bernstein (leading the New York Philharmonic in 1959). For centuries, composers have tried to spin tales in music. My ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) is one of the group of 19th century ...

Unless you’re a world expert in Russian opera, you’re unlikely to have stumbled across either of the one-act operas by Rimsky-Korsakov that make up the fine double bill on offer from Island City Opera ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) is one of the group of 19th century ...

‘Amadeus,” the 1984 eight Academy Award-winning Miloš Forman film, didn’t originate the idea that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was poisoned by his mediocre colleague Antonio Salieri, nor the 1979 Tony ...

On paper, the composers that Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra featured Thursday night could be considered diametric opposites. For the leanness and classical proportions of Mozart’s ...

Rachmaninoff was a world-renowned pianist who toured his whole life. From a recording he made in 1929, we hear Rachmaninoff himself play Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. And from there, we ...