Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78
Mr. Williams, whose admirers included Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton, was best known for ballads extolling the virtues of romantic commitment.
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Mr. Williams, whose admirers included Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton, was best known for ballads extolling the virtues of romantic commitment.
By BILL FRISKICS-WARREN
A "Pinocchio" opera, an Amy Beach concerto and Puccini are among the highlights.
Seven albums into its career, the band moves beyond elegant melancholia as its music grapples with knottier questions.
By JON PARELES
Guitars may seem to matter less than ever. But just beneath the mainstream, dozens of female bands are making some of the most acclaimed, urgent, politically relevant music around.
By JOE COSCARELLI, CARYN GANZ, JON CARAMANICA and JON PARELES
Our critics choose coming highlights at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM, JAMES R. OESTREICH and DAVID ALLEN
Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, a new “Tosca,” a Philip Glass residency and an operatic “Brokeback Mountain” are among the highlights.
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera.
By DAVID ALLEN
Brussels’s opera house, La Monnaie, reopened after two years with Philippe Boesmans’ darkly entertaining adaptation of the classic story.
By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM
The soprano Kristin Sampson is a standout in this uninspiring staging of an often-underrated Puccini masterpiece.
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI