Missy Mazzoli's next opera, Lincoln in the Bardo, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and is slated for a 2025 production. Caroline Tompkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Marc-André Hamelin performs a Tiny Desk concert. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Trade, created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year. Maria Baranova/Unison Media hide caption
Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions
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A photo of Lionel Mapleson, pasted in one of his journals. Alex Teplitzky/NYPL hide caption
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
Lyrics from 'One by One,' written by Connie Converse, will stay with you
Angelo Badalamenti in a portrait taken Feb. 9, 1990. The composer, best known for his work with director David Lynch, died Dec. 11, 2022. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images hide caption
An exterior shot of The Juilliard School in New York City, taken in September 2020. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
A 2005 exterior shot of The Juilliard School, which is located on the campus of Lincoln Center in New York City. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The classical singer Julia Bullock has released Walking in the Dark, her debut solo album. Grant Legan/Nonesuch Records hide caption
With a bold debut album, Julia Bullock curates an unconventional career
Julia Bullock's Walking in the Dark is one of NPR Music's top 10 classical albums of 2022. Photo illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR / Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption
British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs on stages around the world, sharing his love of classical, folk and pop. Courtesy Decca Classics hide caption
Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption
Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown, Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan, and Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf in Kevin Puts's "The Hours." Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera hide caption
Three superstar divas power opera 'The Hours' - coming to movie theaters everywhere.
Oleh Mahlay, the artistic director of the Bandurist Choir, conducts members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America and Ukrainian Children's Choir at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Fadi Kheir hide caption
Tania Léon conducts the Youth Orchestra LA in the premiere of her work Pa'lante at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Craig Matthew/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A rare recording of Phinney's Rainbow — thought to be the first produced musical of Stephen Sondheim (shown here as a wizened showbiz veteran of 32, with three Broadway musicals under his belt) — has been found on a bookshelf in Milwaukee. Michael Hardy/Express/Getty Images hide caption
A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces
Composer Ned Rorem in 1953 in Paris, where he lived for nearly a decade and wrote his infamous Paris Diary. Provided by the artist hide caption
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs a Tiny Desk concert. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption