Perhaps the riskiest enterprise that an English-talking composer can undertake is to make an opera out of Shakespeare. Though the repertory has many Shakespeare variations, only one particular variation by a indigenous speaker has located a secure position on worldwide levels: Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from 1960. The […]

So lots of artists, so quite a few songs, so tiny time. Each and every week we evaluate a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we might call “indie,” and talk about what metallic is coming out. We post music information, monitor premieres, and more all day. We update […]