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It is quite possibly the most famous overture in operatic history. Even its composer was impressed with his handiwork, saying it was so close to genius…
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When the Metropolitan Opera premiered a new work by Howard Hanson, the audience had a very STRONG opinion. Lucky for the composer, it was a positive one.…
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The Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919. It stretches along 277 miles of the Colorado River, which runs through the bottom of the canyon. The…
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He wasn't just a composer...he was a charmer! Reynaldo Hahn was playing the role of the flirt as he sat at the piano in a salon filled with swooning…
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When Edouard Lalo was given four months to throw together a ballet, he got things started but then suffered a bit of a breakdown. Luckily, his friend and…
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Manuel de Falla once said that Maurice Ravel was more Spanish than the Spanish themselves. It’s not hard to understand why when you hear Ravel’s…
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This morning we remember Bonnie Prince Charlie, who attempted to be Scotland's savior, with a rhapsody by John Blackwood McEwen.
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It’s like something out of a horror movie…a whining child gets on his mother’s nerves. When mom warns her little darling to behave or else…And then, as…
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In 1967 the Romeros Family received a special handmade gift -- a concerto custom designed for “The Royal Family of the Guitar.” Los Romeros try it on for…
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Snow White met the man of her dreams…but had to deal with a poison apple.Sleeping Beauty was sleeping off a century-long curse when her Mr. Wonderful…