December 5, 2024I am proud to announce the release of a new album, The Korngold Symphony. On this two-disc release, the first…
November 25, 2023The unforgettable night in New York when Jackie Kennedy watched as opera’s greatest diva sang Tosca and bungled the high…- July 15, 2023Among the many confusions about the private Russian army known as “the Wagner Group” is how to pronounce its name.…
May 17, 2023The star of “Tár” reunites with her opening-scene partner for a conversation about listening to music, going before audiences, and…
March 30, 2023...Written By White Men For An All-Black Cast Was Found And Restored. Can It Be Produced Without Controversy?
January 21, 2023Why isn’t John Williams treated like Igor Stravinsky?
January 11, 2023The dialogue in “Tár,” Todd Field’s movie about a high-profile classical-music conductor, rings true at every turn...
December 29, 2022"'The War on Music' is a stellar work of great scholarship and polemical worth...
September 2, 2022This is John's 90-minute presentation at Yale of his recent book, The War on Music...
March 26, 2022In 1958, two Broadway hits, West Side Story and The Music Man, had a fateful showdown, and only one came…
