At Opera Philadelphia, Vivaldi’s music meets a contemporary libretto by Sarah Ruhl; in New York, Lincoln Center Theater ...

An operatic Vivaldi pastiche, with a new story by Sarah Ruhl, offers an ambivalent message about how art can make people pay ...

The piece goes beyond "The Four Seasons" and explores some great, rarely heard arias from the composer's many operas. The ...

FOR THE EARS Go Bach to the Concert Hall and Get a Handel on the Holidays Whil Pro Musica packages its bounty of year-end concerts as a Bach Festival, they have a wider range than the convenient title ...

With December settling in and Christmas just on the horizon, The Hamptons Festival of Music (TH·FM) is gearing up to brighten ...

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It’s been twenty-three years since the day Phoenix was released, the web browser that eventually became Firefox. I downloaded it on the first day and installed it on my trusty HP Omnibook 800 laptop, ...

Outside Davies Symphony Hall, a bright green poster promised "A Seasonal Tour." Its main draw: Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," his most famous work and indeed one of the most familiar pieces of ...

In 1723, composer Antonio Vivaldi penned a musical paean to each of the passing periods of the year, and his "Four Seasons," a grouping of concerti devoted to spring, summer, fall and winter, has been ...

The Vail Series at Denison University will present Vivaldi’s "The Four Seasons" on Nov. 19. The performance features Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants and violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte.