Bucking Trends, an Opera Company in Atlanta Is Growing
Under the leadership of Tomer Zvulun, Atlanta Opera powered through the pandemic, has tripled its budget and is producing ambitious work.
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Under the leadership of Tomer Zvulun, Atlanta Opera powered through the pandemic, has tripled its budget and is producing ambitious work.
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A woman who worked as a hair and makeup stylist for the country superstar says he subjected her to repeated advances. Mr. Brooks said it is “behavior I am incapable of.”
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Musicians and fans have developed a new taste for an old format, but manufacturers largely stopped making players. Listeners are finding creative (and vintage) solutions.
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Her intricate phrasing and live improvisational skills made her a cornerstone for artists of all sorts. Listen to songs chosen by 10 musicians and writers who consider her a north star.
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The Metropolitan Opera’s Season Begins With a Boom
“Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics.
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An Oasis in England’s Troubled, Polarized Opera Landscape
The Glyndebourne Festival, which receives little government support, has been mostly immune from recent convulsions of the opera industry in Britain.
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A Veteran Falstaff Looks Back, and Ahead
Ambrogio Maestri has sung the title role in Verdi’s comedy hundreds of times, most recently for the Paris Opera. He’s also making room for a Puccini tragedy.
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At a French Chateau, a Feast of Music and Nature
Starting this year, a series of musical weekends in Chantilly, north of Paris, is teaming up with a gardening festival for a program with bucolic themes.
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Opera Is Still Obsessed With the Suffering of Women
Two new works, “The Listeners” and “Grounded,” echo the age-old spectacle of female disintegration and show the tension of fitting modern stories into old forms.
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Your culture and entertainment questions answered by New York Times journalists and experts.
A dispute between Adria English, who has accused Mr. Combs of sexual misconduct, and her lawyers is the latest twist in the civil litigation the music mogul is facing.
By Julia Jacobs and Ben Sisario
The denim brand was looking for ways to sell more apparel to women, and the megastar gave them a natural spokeswoman thanks to a song on “Cowboy Carter.”
By Jordyn Holman
On her second album, the internet-native Irish songwriter makes a complicated relationship sound “squonky.”
By Jon Pareles
Ms. Hill was accused of deceiving the other group members about tour finances. She called the lawsuit “baseless” and “full of false claims.”
By Ben Sisario
Hear superlative tracks from Billie Eilish, Kenny Rogers and Alabama Shakes.
By Lindsay Zoladz
On Tuesday, 22 anonymously nominated Americans were recognized with fellowships and an $800,000 stipend.
By Annie Aguiar
Todd Almond’s “I’m Almost There” is a work of wonder, while Gabriel Kahane’s “Book of Travelers” and “Magnificent Bird” are less effective.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Mr. Combs is in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
By Ben Sisario and Matt Stevens
After years as a struggling songwriter, he found his voice with a direct, evocative style that launched his decades-long career as a musician, actor and activist.
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The singer, songwriter and actor, who died on Saturday at 88, found his way into situations and tales that underscored his role as a conscience for country music.
By Jon Caramanica
At a moment when the Irish singer had few people defending her, the country music veteran showed strong support. It created a bond that remained throughout their lives.
By Marc Tracy
Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour opened in Canada on Sunday night, showcasing the 22-year-old pop star’s gift for dynamics, dramatics and audience engagement.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Liam and Noel Gallagher’s band will stop in three American cities plus Toronto and Mexico City in August and September 2025.
By Ben Sisario
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The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.
By Jon Pareles
For decades, Combs and other celebrities have commented on his party lifestyle. Here’s some of what they have publicly said.
By Maya Salam and Jonathan Abrams
The events helped the music mogul raise his profile. But one woman who worked at them has said in court papers that the parties had a dark side, too.
By Jesse McKinley and Sarah Maslin Nir
The pop star said things had “gotten overwhelming” and bowed out of festivals in New York and Maryland after a period in which her politics came under scrutiny.
By Matt Stevens
The musicians won a raise of about 8 percent over two years after a short work stoppage, the Washington ensemble’s first in 46 years.
By Javier C. Hernández
The latest lawsuit includes accusations of drugging and coerced sex as recently as this year. Mr. Combs’s lawyers have said the claims are attempts to obtain quick settlements.
By Julia Jacobs
Clowns, harlequins, jokers and Pierrots have served as the main characters in countless songs over the years, but they’re rarely there to conjure cheap laughs.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Hear tracks by Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Stevie Nicks and others.
By Jon Pareles
In a declining business, Kevin Mazur has thrived by gaining the trust of Beyoncé, Madonna and Taylor Swift. His motto: “Why wouldn’t you want to make people look good?”
By Jacob Bernstein
With a new film about the show, and a 50th anniversary season starting, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and others look back.
By Dave Itzkoff
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The pop singer’s latest LP, “143,” has been gleefully panned, but its musical faults aren’t as remarkable as Perry’s failure to read the current cultural moment.
By Lindsay Zoladz
The man, Justin Johnson, was sentenced on Thursday in the fatal 2021 shooting of the rapper who was gunned down outside a Memphis cookie shop in broad daylight.
By Alexandra E. Petri
A blues devotee from Chicago, he tasted fame in the late 1960s with the Electric Flag, a band that made its debut at Monterey but proved short-lived.
By Alex Williams
Gabriela Ortiz’s orchestral music, Jonas Kaufmann’s Puccini tribute and Nathalie Stutzmann’s first album from Atlanta are among the highlights.
At Pop Montreal, tribute concerts on Sept. 29 and 30 will honor the memory of Lhasa de Sela, the American-born multilingual singer-songwriter.
By Fred Goodman
The breakout girl group went public with complaints against its parent company, Hybe, which has just released a new TV series and film about the control it exerts over stars.
By Jon Caramanica
The dance music superstar and former accountant speaks on the return of EDM and his rise, from underground parties to headlining Madison Square Garden.
Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born artist who has been named master of music by King Charles, discusses music as an escape, confronting racism and living by the sea.
By Javier C. Hernández
It’s standard practice in Berlin, and camera covering is catching on in London, Ibiza and New York as clubs seek to protect an anything-goes atmosphere.
By Thomas Rogers
The government does not name the victim of a firebombing cited in its case against Mr. Combs, but the timing and facts line up with a reported 2012 attack on the rapper’s car.
By Matt Stevens
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At 82, the musician known for his work with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett will perform a rare solo concert on his first instrument: the piano.
By Hank Shteamer
In a new lawsuit, the woman said Mr. Combs and his bodyguard drugged and assaulted her in his recording studio in 2001.
By Julia Jacobs
Hear songs from Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and more, inspired by a new book.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s bloodless “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot turned dissociating drone operator, stars the mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo.
By Zachary Woolfe
Mr. Combs is sleeping in the same dormitory-style room as Mr. Bankman-Fried, the crypto mogul who was convicted of fraud.
By David Yaffe-Bellany, Julia Jacobs and Ben Sisario
Greenwell’s “What Belongs to You” reaches the opera stage with a team that includes the composer David T. Little and the director Mark Morris.
By Joshua Barone
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