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Classical insiders, like conductor JoAnn Falletta, have major issues with the film’s veracity, but they’re still fascinated.

In Variations on a Theme by FDR, composers from John Harbison to Vijay Iyer take inspiration from emblematic American stories.

As ever, the future of opera looks bright with this incoming class of singers, pianists, and stars in the making.

The company realizes Jack Perla’s one-act An American Dream in vivid detail.

The Takács Quartet’s first violinist tracks his own history and those of favorite composers in Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home.

A DVD of the new ballet shows its onstage brilliance in addition to being a great score.

The tight-knight vocal ensemble that specializes in the music of Eastern Europe has been developing BABA with conductor Karmina Šilec.

The store is hosting a stellar lineup on the ivories this spring, resurrecting some jazz history in the process.

Music Director James Conlon’s signature initiative branches out next season to include a production of William Grant Still’s Highway 1, U.S.A.

A talented cast of young, ethnically diverse singers delivers a scintillating performance of José Maria Condemi’s wittily conceived production.