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David Lloyd-Jones, conductor, has died aged 87: born November 19, 1934; died June 8, 2022

English National Opera North’s first production, Samson et Dalila, was hailed a triumph as was the new opera company, still going strong

Wolf Trap Opera has announced the world premiere of BORN FREE, composed by Edward W. Hardy with lyrics by American poet and writer Margaret Walker. BORN FREE, a song cycle based on four poems by Margaret Walker (Sorrow Home, Lineage, The Struggle Staggers Us and Southern Song) for soprano, violin, and piano, is a newly commissioned work by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

Operas are known for being over the top, but some of them are so crazy that the plot points can distract from the singing. If you guffaw at a Hollywood

Hear three works conducted by Helen Quach, the first woman ever to conduct the World Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Get your own copy of this album at SwapaCD.com. If you're not yet a member, your first 2 cds and membership are free! All you have to do is post 10 cds you want to get rid of. Visit the site to find a huge selection of music!

One hundred years ago, Sergei Prokofiev’s "The Love for Three Oranges" made its world debut in Chicago. Why here? Read on.

If this year’s feast of TV specials leaves you hungry for more, call up Del Boy, Frank Spencer and Fanny Cradock

Box sets of Soviet Russian classics, plus some engaging post-war and 21st century music

Wifredo Lam, Cuban painter known for his synthesis of Modernist aesthetics and Afro-Cuban imagery. Lam was born to a Chinese immigrant father and a mother of African and Spanish descent. He left the small town of Sagua la Grande for Havana in 1916, where he initially studied law. By 1918 he had