“Among the blessings that come by chance upon mankind, the birth of an artistic genius may well be the greatest.” So begins Leo Schrade’s influential 1950 biography of the Baroque composer Claudio ...

A Monteverdi masterpiece and a new work by George Lewis are played simultaneously in an American Modern Opera Company production at Lincoln Center. By Zachary Woolfe “The Comet/Poppea” radically pares ...

This is my favorite recording of my favorite piece of music. As some of you already know, I enjoy a very broad range of music, from death metal to pop. This is, without exaggeration, my favorite ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Travel back in time to the golden age of music in Venice and you just might have heard a mass in St Mark’s Basilica ...

The 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi’s birth is the cue for a year of music in his home town A raunchy Beyoncé video blaring from a tiny bar’s TV might seem an unlikely backdrop for an earnest ...

Which music-theatre works of today will play to sold-out houses in the twenty-fifth century? Such is the challenge issued by Claudio Monteverdi, the former maestro di cappella at the Basilica di San ...

"We're in the habit of looking ahead, but will indulge in some nostalgia this season, revisiting music we've done from the beginning," shared co-Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher ...

Claudio Monteverdi was a musical revolutionary. Over the course of music’s history, few composers have had a more radical impact on their art than the Italian, whose 450th birthday will be celebrated ...

Monteverdi was the father of modern opera. Kit Hesketh-Harvey on how he brought the composer's last days to life Sometimes you need a grabby title simply in order to hook the moneymen. Monteverdi's ...

Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers have certainly stood the test of time. For music to survive four hundred years and to remain popular is not only quite remarkable but also testament to its innate quality.