Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly
NEW YORK (AP) — Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for more than a decade when the International...
Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping...
HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in...
PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual...
Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at...
NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons' next album starts from the cover.Two figures stand in the distance separated by a dawning...
Wake up, sleeping beauties. It’s almost Met Gala time
NEW YORK (AP) — True love's kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarified ranks of international celebrity — and...
Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono. The groundbreaking...
‘Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1
NEW YORK (AP) — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according...
Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents,...
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He...
Recently arrested Morgan Wallen says he’s “not proud” of behavior
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen, who faces charges stemming in part from accusations that he threw a chair off the...
Director Romeo Castellucci drops out of Brussels Ring Cycle halfway through because of money,...
Romeo Castellucci dropped out of his production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Belgium’s La Monnaie theater halfway through because of what the company said...