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 ...

3 Boston Symphony Orchestra Faces Turmoil After Dismissal of Music Director Andris Nelsons As the New York Times observes, since its inception nearly three decades ago, "the Bard Music Festival has ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

This centenary performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's last opera will appeal to traditional opera audiences and to children with a taste for pantomime It seems extraordinary to modern audiences that ...

The composer's early life as a sailor informed his evocative music for Sinbad and other tales from the Arabian Nights. I want to tell you a story…but there’s more to this tale than words! It’s a story ...

If all had gone according to plan, Chicago Opera Theater would have presented a rare performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Kashchej the Immortal” over the weekend. But the coronavirus pandemic has forced ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A year ago The Tsar’s Bride made its belated debut at Covent Garden. Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, ...