On February 1, 1979, Sid Vicious was released on bail after having attacked Todd Smith (the brother of the singer Patti Smith) at a Skafish concert.

We mark the world premiere – on January 25, 1909 – 112 years ago today – of Ricard Strauss’ opera Elektra at the Semperoper, the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper – the Saxon State Opera – in Dresden.

January is usually a concert-heavy month, following, as it does, the holiday-heavy month of December. In a non-COVID environment, theaters thrive in the cold and early darkness of January, as folks look for something to do while they wait out the winte...

We mark the first performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet on January 11, 1940 - 81 years ago today - by the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, what today is St. Petersburg.

For fans of rock ‘n’ roll, January 4th is a day when so much stuff happened as to enshrine it as a major, rock ‘n’ roll holiday.

We mark the death on December 28, 1937 – 83 years ago today – of the French composer and pianist Maurice Ravel, in Paris, at the age of 62.

We mark and celebrate two composers born on this date. Zdeněk Fibich was born on December 21, 1850; 170 years ago today. Frank Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, 80 years ago today.

We mark the premiere performance on December 14, 1925 – 95 years ago today – of Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck in Berlin, conducted by Erich Kleiber. That premiere performance was preceded by 137 rehearsals. Wozzeck was, and remains,

Prince Josef Lobkowitz and Some Number One Songs That Will Live in Infamy!

We mark the death on November 30, 1954 – 66 years ago today – of the German conductor and composer Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler, who was one of the most important and controversial musicians of the twentieth century.