It's a rare occasion when we watch the Oscar nominations and see films we've never heard of. The Academy is studiously middlebrow and mainstream, and they don't tend to wade into the deeper waters of ...

The five nominees also include Diane Warren, a song from Viva Verdi!

Warren is the second songwriter to receive three Oscar nods for songs written for documentaries.

The Verdi Messa da Requiem—better known to English speakers as the Verdi Requiem—featuring the Cleveland Orchestra and its ...

Simon Boccanegra premiered at La Fenice in 1857, and centres on a Genovese doge’s loosening grip on power and his reunion ...

The Symphony Orchestra proudly presents Julian Conducts Tchaikovsky, a powerful program of symphonic masterpieces that also ...

Director Ryan Coogler spoke about writing “Sinners,” nominated for a record 16 nominations, for his late uncle.

The group of musicians Table For Five is soon reuniting to bring back their melodic sounds to Yellowknife audiences for two ...

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season devoted to exploring “What is love?” with a definitive Italian operatic story of ...

A music festival is never just about the music. The world’s greatest gatherings are as much about setting as sound, ...

Viva Verdi is such an underrated film, it didn't even have a Wikipedia page as of press time. But its original song, "Sweet Dreams of Joy," from composer and lyricist Nicholas Pike, still managed to ...

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