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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is the featured composer on this week’s Sunday Opera (4/13 3:00 p.m.) and his 1881 work based on a Russian folk legend. “The Snow Maiden” is an allegorical story dealing with the conflict of “eternal forces of nature” involving the interactions of humans, mythological characters, and those who are a combination of the two. It was said to have been Rimsky-Korsakov’s favorite opera.

A Tempo this Saturday (3/22) explores some of the potential and actual ramifications of changes in federal policies for music educators and young musicians.

A Tempo this week (3/22) looks at the New Jersey Symphony's 2025-2026 season plans.

A Tempo this Saturday (5/3) keeps its focus on voices from WWII in a conversation about Princeton Pro Musica's upcoming performance of Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story.

A Tempo previews Lincoln Center's Summer for the City Festival, which includes orchestral, jazz and dance performances, discussions on the connection between the arts and wellness, and a series of performances by the American Modern Opera Company.

We’re back at Covent Garden for this week’s Sunday Opera (8/24 3:00 p.m.) and the Royal Opera House production of Puccini’s “Turandot” featuring Sondra Raadvanovsky in the titular role and Seokjong Baek as Calaf.

We’re staying at the Royal Opera House for this week’s Sunday Opera (8/17 3:00 p.m.) and a double bill of operas by Leonard Bernstein, his 1952 work “Trouble in Tahiti” and the sequel, “A Quiet Place,” written 31 years later in 1983. The story was initially based on the troubled relationship of Bernstein’s parents.

We’re off to Denmark for an opera “double bill” on this week’s Sunday Opera (9/21 3:00 p.m.) with two rather diverse works: Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” and Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins.”

A Tempo Saturday (10/18 at 7 pm) looks at Eastman School of Music's plans to expand its media and film composition institute.

A Tempo Saturday (10/4) checks in with Stamford, Conn.-based Orchestra Lumos about programming works for the 250th anniversary of the U.S.