Brevity is not a word often used when discussing opera. George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s latest work for the stage comes in at 65 minutes, however, and while it’s short, it still manages to pack an ...

Ravel’s depiction of an enchanted garden is so simple and wistful, I never want it to end. By David Allen The composer George Benjamin and the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard met as students. In a new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ballet scores may be the most evocative music. Play Ravel’s Mother Goose on a concert stage without dancers or scenery, and you will still imagine the dancing in your mind. On its ...

As I write this, the curtain is going up on the premiere of Thomas Ades' new opera The Exterminating Angel at the Salzburg Festival, while word comes out that Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara " ...