Europe used to spend its summers displaying castles, cathedrals, ruins and mountain vistas. Nowadays, sightseeing is being heavily supplemented by music-hearing. From metropolis to hamlet the cry ...

Rudy discovers surprising and fresh takes on Europe on a music lover’s tour. Rudy discovers surprising and fresh takes on Europe as he sets out on a music lover’s tour. Live performances by the ...

For nearly a decade, those two warring soprano queens, Maria Meneghini Callas and Renata Tebaldi, have dominated the world of European (and U.S.) opera, leaving other postwar singers to peep about to ...

A visit earlier this year to two Baroque masterpieces of the Hapsburg Empire—Prague and Vienna—revealed a classical music ecosystem not usually glimpsed from the United States. From the perspective of ...

Robert Siegel previews the finals of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, slated for Saturday night in Helsinki, Finland. This year, the contest is taking a decidedly eastward turn, with finalists from ...

Last year was the year where life (partially) opened up again for the world. We were treated to some of the best albums that complemented the strongest discographies in world music and the recent ...

Although it is simply called Music From Europe, the Gunter Hampel Group's first foray into America in 1966, could well have joined the ranks of several early (1950s) recordings by MJQ or John Lewis ...

Strict controls on playhouses and music venues are returning as the continent deals with a new coronavirus wave. By Alex Marshall For months, Europe’s opera, music and theater fans have been flocking ...

The European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) has appointed German manager Tessy Schulz as the organisation’s new chair. An experienced executive with over 20 years in the music business, including more ...