Mar 6th, 2010 · News and notes from around the Jazz Internet, including Randy Weston's 1961 masterpiece, the story of Guiseppi Logan, Nublu in Istanbul, the evergreen improvisation vs. composition debate and so forth.
Jan 29th, 2010 · Trumpeter Roy Eldridge would have celebrated his 99th birthday on Saturday. The blog editor and his boss sit down to discuss one of his 1941 masterpiece solos.
Jan 29th, 2010 · In his first, true operatic masterpiece, Handel creates an odd-ball comedy filled with scheming characters from ancient Rome. Read the story and hear excerpts from the site of the opera's premiere, in 1710.
Jan 8th, 2010 · It's hard to say who wrote the very first opera, but there's little doubt about the first, truly great one — it's Monteverdi's 1607 masterpiece, Orfeo, and it comes to World of Opera from a truly great opera house, Milan's La Scala.
Jan 7th, 2010 · It's hard to say who wrote the very first opera, but there's little doubt about the first, truly great one — it's Monteverdi's 1607 masterpiece, Orfeo, and it comes to World of Opera from a truly great opera house, Milan's La Scala.
Dec 8th, 2009 · The song cycle Winterreise stands among the masterpieces in the art of song. Schubert conjures up harmonic twists and melodic turns, conveying emotions with remarkable simplicity and force.
Oct 8th, 2009 · The governor of Russia's cultural capital, St. Petersburg, has approved construction of the new headquarters of Russia's powerful state energy company, Gazprom. City officials say the 77-story building will be an architectural masterpiece. An architectural preservation society say it will be "monstrous." U.N. cultural authorities say the skyscraper could threaten the city's U.N. World Heritage Site status.
Aug 13th, 2009 · After creating several operettas together, composers Gilbert and Sullivan split up. Sullivan became tired of doing the same kind of music over and over again. They reunited years later when Gilbert came up with the idea for their masterpiece, The Mikado. Jonah Winter, the author of a children's book called The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan, says an episode in Gilbert's life turned their relationship around.