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By NY Times - May 19, 2022

MARTY CALLNER MIGHT BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COMEDY DIRECTOR

Marty Callner made the first modern special, setting the template still in use. (He was also key to hair-metal videos. But that's another...

Metal, Content Type, Personal Profile, Television, Comedy and Humor, Awards, Decorations and Honors, Callner, Marty, Home Box Office, National Comedy Center, The Hall Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

ROSMARIE TRAPP OF THE ‘SOUND OF MUSIC' FAMILY DIES AT 93

She was the last surviving daughter of the baron and the would-be nun depicted in the stage musical and 1965 film.

Trapp Family Singers, Hammerstein, Oscar II, Rodgers, Richard, Movies, Music, Theater, Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Deaths, The Sound of Music, Austria, Stowe, Trapp, Rosmarie Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

A NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL IS COMING TO BROADWAY, AFTER A STOP IN BOSTON

“A Beautiful Noise” will start at Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston next month and transfer to Broadway's Broadhurst Theater in November.

Theater, Pop and Rock Music, A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, Emerson Colonial Theater, Mass, Broadhurst Theater, NY, Diamond, Neil, Mayer, Michael, Swenson, Will, Boston Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

HOW GOSSIP IS REMAKING ONLINE HIP-HOP MEDIA

Actual music can seem like an afterthought as digital coverage of the genre has tilted toward tabloidism. Are there other paths forward?

Hip-Hop, Rap and Hip-Hop, Computers and the Internet Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

A BAND ‘ABOUT BEING MESSY AND CHAOTIC'? PORRIDGE RADIO FINDS ITS MOMENT

On its new album, “Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky,” Dana Margolin's indie-rock band thrives on emotional intensity.

Rock, Indie, Album, Radio, Pop and Rock Music, Content Type, Personal Profile, Porridge Radio, Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky, Margolin, Dana Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

A DONKEY DEBUTS IN ‘LA BOHÈME' AT THE MET OPERA

Wanda, a 15-year-old seasoned performer, is appearing in the company's beloved and lavish “La Bohème.”

Opera, Performance, Donkeys, Metropolitan Opera, La Boheme, All Tame Animals Inc, Animals Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

A BOXED SET FOR THE BIRDS HOPES TO SAVE THEM, TOO

A star-studded, 242-track trove of songs and poems inspired by birdsong is the latest project in a series of releases raising awareness...

Birds, Music, Endangered and Extinct Species, Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, For the Birds, Poster, Randall Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

KENDRICK LAMAR IS A MORTAL ICON ON ‘MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS'

The Pulitzer Prize-winning social commentator rapper returns after five years with “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” an album about...

Kendrick Lamar, Album, Rap and Hip-Hop, Lamar, Kendrick, Mr Morale & the Big Steppers Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

BAD BUNNY HAS THE BIGGEST WEEK OF 2022 ON THE CHART, FOR NOW

Future broke the record last week; Kendrick Lamar is poised to set a new bar next week. Blockbuster season on the Billboard album chart...

Kendrick Lamar, Album, Billboard, Chart, Rap and Hip-Hop, Arcade Fire, Bad Bunny, Harlow, Jack, Come Home the Kids Miss You, We, Un Verano Sin Ti Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

THE ‘HAMLET' CHORD: A COMPOSER'S MUSIC OF INDECISION

Brett Dean, whose adaptation of the classic play is at the Metropolitan Opera, discusses the four notes that embody Hamlet's dilemma.

Classic, Classical, Opera, Composer, Metropolitan Opera, Dean, Brett, Hamlet Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

BRITNEY SPEARS REVEALED ON INSTAGRAM THAT SHE HAD A MISCARRIAGE

The pop singer, recently released from a conservatorship that had prevented her from becoming pregnant, revealed on Instagram that...

Britney Spears, Pop, Spears, Britney, Asghari, Sam, Miscarriages, Pop and Rock Music Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

PANDIT SHIV KUMAR SHARMA, MASTER OF THE SANTOOR, DIES AT 84

He single-handedly elevated a 100-string instrument little known outside Kashmir into a prominent component of Hindustani classical...

Classical, Classic, Sharma, Pandit Shiv Kumar, Deaths, Classical Music, Musical Instruments, santoor, India Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

REVIEW: AFTER 36 YEARS, A MALCOLM X OPERA SINGS TO THE FUTURE

Anthony Davis's “X” has stretches of incantation that, in person, turn it into something like a sacred rite.

Review, Opera, Music, Civil Rights Movement, Detroit Opera, Abdullah, Kazem, Davis, Anthony, Sharon, Yuval, Tines, Davone, O'Hara, Robert, Malcolm X, Thulani Davis, X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

REVIEW: ‘HAMLET' BOLDLY ENGULFS THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's adaptation of the classic play is both traditional and innovative, elegant and passionate.

Opera, Classical, Classic, Review, Music, Classical Music, Glyndebourne Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Armfield, Neil, Dean, Brett, Jocelyn, Matthew, Allan Clayton, Hamlet Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

AS EYES ARE ON EUROVISION, EUROPE HAS ANOTHER SONG CONTEST

The Liet International, a competition for minority and regional languages, lacks the glitz of Eurovision. But its organizers say it...

Music, Minorities, Eurovision Song Contest, Denmark, Catalonia, Corsica Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

LIL KEED, UP-AND-COMING ATLANTA RAPPER, DIES AT 24

The musician, a protégé of Young Thug, died on Friday in Los Angeles, his label said.

Rap and Hip-Hop, Lil Keed, Deaths, Atlanta Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST GRAND FINAL 2022: LIVE UPDATES

The world's largest live music event starts at 3 p.m. E.D.T. Here's what you need to know before then.

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By NY Times - May 19, 2022

TERESA BERGANZA, CHARISMATIC STAR OF THE OPERA STAGE, DIES AT 89

The Spanish mezzo-soprano was internationally acclaimed for her dramatic performances in the works of Mozart, Rossini and Bizet.

Opera, Performance, Berganza, Teresa, Deaths, Classical Music, Carmen, Il Barbiere di Siviglia Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

REVIEW: LEON BOTSTEIN AND THE ORCHESTRA NOW UNEARTH RARITIES

Leon Botstein brought his ensemble The Orchestra Now to Carnegie Hall for a sparsely attended program of neglected works written in...

Review, Classical Music, Orchestra Now, The, Botstein, Leon, Corliss, Frank, Vonsattel, Gilles, Nansteel, Deborah, Still, William Grant, Chavez, Carlos, Lutoslawski, Witold, Hartmann, Karl Amadeus Read More ...

By NY Times - May 19, 2022

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE'S PROG-EMO SURPRISE, AND 12 MORE NEW SONGS

Hear tracks by the Smile, Julia Jacklin, black midi and others.

Pop and Rock Music, Rap and Hip-Hop, Jazz, Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie, My Chemical Romance, Smile, Jacklin, Julia, Lamar, Kendrick, Lucid, Ambar, Wolf, Remi, Joy Oladokun, Flores, Ches Smith, Jacob Garchik Read More ...