A North Carolina radio station announced it will not air six contemporary operas from New York’s Metropolitan Opera this season due to its “inappropriate”… Read More

The season features three Met premieres including Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and Daniel Catán’s Florencia… Read More

Terence Blanchard performs at the International Jazz Day Concert, New Orleans Tricentennial at the Orpheum Theater in 2018. Tyler Kaufman/… Read More

As the weather (hopefully) begins to cool, Upper West Siders can continue looking forward to great outdoor activities through the end of summer. Wrapping up August and blending into Septem… Read More

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Comment on this storyComment NEW YORK — In 2021, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” the second opera from composer Terence… Read More

NEW YORK – Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the underside up. When the 48-year-old conductor leans ahead to increase his arms and emphasize v… Read More

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Bill Lee, a wellregarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte as well as scoring four of… Read More

Yesterday, the radio opera was (finally!) “Champion” by Terence BLanchard. It’s based on the life of Emile Griffith, a closeted black welterweight boxer whose career began… Read More

Bill Lee, a jazz bassist and composer who scored the early movies of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas, led an acclaimed ensemble of bassists and was a prolific sideman for Bob Dyl… Read More

This spring, scorching color is all around. At a party to celebrate the premiere of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” at the Metropolitan Opera this month, attendees wore… Read More

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The 2023 NAACP Image Awards winners have already started rolling in ahead of Saturday night's ceremony. The annual award show announced this year's pool of nominees on Jan. 12, recognizing t… Read More

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It’s almost time for the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards. Unveiling its full list of nominations today, the prestigious awards honor actors, actresses, singers, authors, and activists… Read More

Director Pan Nalin (R) and producer Dheer Momaya, of the Gujarati Movie Chhello Present, which is India’s official entry to the Oscars, throughout a brief go to to Hyderabad on Septe… Read More

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“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete… Read More

Writer/director Tyler Perry had never had a movie programed at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. He said as much on the night of his latest film’s premiere. O… Read More

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Angel BlueEric OwensThe New York TimesBy Julia JacobsMay 12, 2021The Metropolitan Opera will perform again for a live audience, 430 days after the coronavirus shut down its theater.Members… Read More

The Metropolitan Opera will present its premiere of Terence Blanchard’s first opera, “Champion,” about closeted gay boxer Emile Griffith, in April 2023 following the succes… Read More

Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Presents NEA Jazz Master, 14x-GRAMMY® Award-Winner & 34x-GRAMMY® Award Pianist & Composer HERBIE HANCOCK… Read More