Heather O'Donovan

This winter, don’t blow your entire holiday bonus on a single concert! We’ve got 13 weekends of classical music fun to help keep the winter blues at bay — all for $25 or less!

Long before the Beatles, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie were selling out arena tours, Farinelli, Paganini, and Liszt were driving audiences to hysterics.

Music for heartaches, existential dread, and S.A.D.

It’s totally fine to not like everything about a concert, but rather than stewing silently in your seat, try using the experience first and foremost as a productive learning opportunity.

If great art is to serve as a mirror for humanity, then it cannot shy away from difficult subjects.

All the weekend concerts that you can see for $25 or less across New York City.

Classical music may have a lot of “serious” works to its credit, but the composers who wrote all of those great pieces were still just people like you and me.

Opera has a lot more to offer women than a “woe-is-me” attitude.

A peek into the conservatory life.

Addressing opera's stigma by making its linguistic element more accessible

To mark 50 years since those history-changing events, we’ve decided to compile a special playlist of musical dedications by LGBT composers in honor of Pride.

A walk in Central Park, a trip to The Met and, of course, just a little composition 

You don't always have to wait until they're 'old enough' for the opera.

We’ve chosen to highlight a few of the women powerhouses who are taking the classical music world by storm from beyond the wings.

Need a break from the operatic adventures of gods and goddesses, of kings and queens? Here's a handful of operas about regular people, not unlike you.

Our favorite words of wisdom from Joyce DiDonato.

New York City features multiple iconic concert halls. Take our quiz to find out where you should take your next bow!

Here are some of the greatest hacks for seeing classical music for cheap (and even free) in NYC.

Ever wonder which John Philip Sousa march you are? Find out with our quiz!

Tchaikovsky’s three ballets — “The Nutcracker,” “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Swan Lake” — have very different personalities. Which one fits you best?