Arguably the least musical US national anthem

The city of Aachen woke up this morning to discovber that its general music director is leavin g. Christopher Ward, whose contract expires this year, has turned down a renewal and is on his way […]

The soprano Loretta Di Franco Pinto, who sang 929 times at the Metropolitan Opera from 1961 to 1995, has died at the age of 82. She lit up the stage, generally in secondary roles, although […]