Classical 101

05/15/2026

Actor Will Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

05/14/2026

Experience Broadway brilliance with the acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Irving Berlin's Top Hat, directed and choreographed by triple Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Don’t miss this stunning performance inspired by the iconic 1935 classic, tune in to Great Performances l PBS, Friday at 9 p.m. on WOSU TV.

Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire.

05/14/2026

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

05/06/2026

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05/06/2026

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05/06/2026

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05/06/2026

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05/05/2026

Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her orchestral work Picaflor: A future myth. She talked with NPR Classical about her award-winning work.

The composer created her own symphonic fable that weaves Andean cosmology with the natural world.

05/05/2026

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05/04/2026

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