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Luc Bondy's production of Tosca (Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera)

Metropolitan Opera

Puccini's Tosca

This production of Tosca debuted in 2009 to some seriously mixed reviews. Almost three years later, with adjustments to the cast and a conductor, the fascination continues.
Li Gong in 'Raise the Red Lantern' (DVD release)

Movies on the Radio

Evoking China, Part Two

Concluding WQXR's China in New York festival, David Garland offers more film music that brings together East and West, blending Chinese and Western instruments.
Portrait of Maria Anna Mozart (unknown/Wikipedia Commons)

Operavore

Nannerl Mozart: Born Too Soon

Today is the 256th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But who remembers his sister, Nannerl, who was an aspiring musician who lived in her brother's shadow?
Lang Lang and Tom the cat.

WQXR Features

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Animated Inspiration

This week’s cartoon is the 1946 Tom & Jerry ’toon The Cat Concerto featuring Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor.
Simone Dinnerstein (Lisa-Marie Mazzuco)

All Ears with Terrance McKnight

The Many Roads To Devotion

This week, Terrance McKnight connects the concept of devotion that artists express through their music. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein is heard along with music by Jacques Loussier, Philip Glass and Bessie Smith.

To see Shenyang in an opera house, you might not guess that he's capable of delivering delicate art songs with subtle expressions. But he has begun championing Chinese art songs, as these videos show.

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WQXR Features

Audio Slideshow: China's New Concert Halls

Architectural historian Victoria Newhouse spent time touring China's "grand theaters." She discusses the more noteworthy facilities in this slideshow.

Western music in China: A Timeline

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WQXR Blog

Rhythms of Latin America to Fill Carnegie Hall in 2012-13

As part of its 2012-13 season, Carnegie will present a month-long festival of Latin music that will feature performances by Gustavo Dudamel, Gilberto Gil and others.

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Operavore

The Top 10 Mad Scenes in Opera

As Anna Bolena returns to the Met next month, blogger Olivia Giovetti considers its pivotal mad scene and names ten others that have made their mark on the history of opera.

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