Igor Stravinsky famously felt that “music expresses itself” — essentially, that understanding a given piece of music requires little beyond what we hear when it’s played. Which may explain why the ...

The Greek myth of Persephone is gross. Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, is “abducted” (i.e., raped) by Zeus’ brother, Hades, who takes her to the Underworld. As Demeter wanders the world ...

1 Met Opera's $200 Million Saudi Arabia Deal Falls Through Season highlights include the launch of a three-year Stravinsky cycle to begin with the presentation of Perséphone, in addition to concerts ...

Scherbachenko/Cernoch/Blanc/Groves/Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus/Currentzis Directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Teodor Currentzis, this unusual double bill ...

It's been over 15 years since world-renowned puppet designer Michael Curry put on a show in Portland. But when conductor Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony approached him with Igor Stravinsky's ...

Igor Stravinsky’s attempt to describe his Persephone was not too illuminating: “A nose,” he said, “is not manufactured; a nose just is. Thus, too, my art.” In the case of Persephone, the nose is ...

It’s the joy of all-Stravinsky programmes – and this is the fourth major event in an ambitious 2016 festival – that so many alternative groupings are possible. The final work of last night’s “Myths” ...