Seasonally-Appropriate Opera Programming
The end of the world may still be 11 months off, but there’s nothing like a little early Armageddon in the dead of winter.While Götterdämmerung is famously associated with the summer Bayreuth Festival,...
View ArticleAutumn in Opera
Even without the leaves officially turning, fall is in the air. The breeze is clipped, hair no longer has its own zip code on account of frizz, and I find myself changing up the rotation of operas on...
View ArticleWhat's the Sound of Springtime in Classical Music?
The arrival of a new season is big news in some pursuits: summer means blockbuster movies for Hollywood. The winter brings a flurry of cold-weather cocktails to bars and hearty soups to restaurants. In...
View ArticleProgramming Diversity: An Update
In March 2019, the WQXR programming team made the effort to program a continuous cycle of music, exclusively featuring female composers. But not only that — we also committed ourselves to significantly...
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