“Greek” Opera Based on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex at BAM
BROOKLYN – Mark-Anthony Turnage’s groundbreaking and profane 1988 two-act opera, Greek, is now a cult classic in the modern chamber opera repertoire. Composed and set […]
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Faux-Bia! The Musical Makes Its New York Debut at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK – Faux-Bia! The Musical was performed at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in Manhattan on December 2, marking the New York premiere of the […]
Stelios Petrakis Quartet & the Music of Crete at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK – The Stelios Petrakis Cretan Quartet performed the music of Crete at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on November 17 to an enthusiastic audience. […]
Roy Clark, Country Guitar Virtuoso, “Hee Haw” Star, has Died (Vid & Pics))
Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known […]
With $50 Million Debut, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is No Poor Boy
NEW YORK (AP) — The Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” and 20th Century Fox are — for now, at least — champions of the world. […]
Musical Instruments of Antiquity on Show at Ancient Nikopolis Museum
PREVEZA, Greece – A new exhibit featuring exact replicas of ancient Greek musical instruments – such as the lyre, homeric phorminx, kithara and aulos – […]
Billboard Names Ariana Grande 2018 Woman of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) — The music industry is honoring Ariana Grande. Billboard on Tuesday named the 25-year-old award-winning singer its 2018 Woman of the Year. […]
Acclaimed Greek Rebetiko Trio Performing at UCLA
LOS ANGELES – The acclaimed Greek Rebetiko Trio continues their concert/presentation series on Saturday, Nov. 3, 5 PM and 7 PM, and Sunday, Nov. 4, […]
Kyrenia Opera Presents The Art of Greek Song with Georgia Dagaki
NEW YORK – Kyrenia Opera with Artistic Director Constantinos Yiannoudes presented The Art of Greek Song with Georgia Dagaki and her lyre at Merkin Concert Hall […]
The Music of Dinos Constantinides at Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK – The Music of Dinos Constantinides filled the Weill Concert Hall at Carnegie Hall on October 8. The Greek-born composer’s work was performed […]
