The Love Song of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

San Francisco Opera hosts the première of a haunting new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.

The Otherworldly Compositions of an Ethiopian Nun

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, who died recently, wrote pieces that were elegiac, but suffused with a sense of survival: we are broken, we are wounded, we carry on.

Central Cee, Britain’s Hip-Hop Ambassador

The musician takes Americans on a tour of British rap.

Medieval Romances by Kate Soper and Richard Wagner

“The Romance of the Rose,” at Long Beach Opera, and Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” at the Met, both dwell on ancient mysteries of love.

Can HARDY Revive “Butt Rock”?

Onstage, the musician plays the role of a small-town boy who is too rock for country, and too country for rock and roll.

Spring Classical-Music Preview

Claire Chase and Alisa Weilerstein present new works, Gustavo Dudamel leads sold-out concerts of Mahler, and more.

Oliver Sacks Gets an Opera

The composer Tobias Picker was a friend of the late neurologist, and now he’s turned the doctor’s “Awakenings” into an opera, with a double meaning.

The Fierce, Lasting Influence of Paramore

On “This Is Why,” Paramore is trying to grow up and move on. But it’s the teen-age angst of the band’s early work that still inspires.

The Ageless Exuberance of Michael Tilson Thomas

In the face of serious illness, the conductor led two memorable programs at the L.A. Phil.

The Women of Wet Leg

How Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, two friends from the Isle of Wight, got a music career and five Grammy nominations by fixating on an old chaise longue.