Christopher Purdy
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Book Review: Leonard Bernstein's Daughter Writes Memoir Ahead Of His 100th Birthday
Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Chilean-born actress Felicia Montealegre, had three children: Jamie, Alexander and Nina. Montealegre died in 1978. → Read More
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann Takes On Tristan
There may be a phantom of the opera in literature, in the movies and on Broadway. But in recent years, tenor Jonas Kaufmann has risked being labeled the → Read More
The Columbus Symphony Returns to Classical 101
The Columbus Symphony broadcast series returns to Classical 101 at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 1. We're featuring the full line-up of 2017-18 Classical Series → Read More
Classical 101 Collaborates with Columbus Landmarks to Present the Great Hallelujah Holiday Tour
Bundle up, put on your walking shoes and get yourselves ready for a tour of four beautiful downtown Columbus churches and an afternoon of music in sacred → Read More
Revisiting a Revived Classic Recording of Puccini's 'Cloak'
Monteverdi, Brahms and Palestrina are all wonderful. If I hear their music after I die, I'll know I made it to heaven ... big "if." But sometimes, you have → Read More
Meet the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra's Octavio Mas-Arocas
I was in Mansfield on a recent Sunday afternoon for the launch of the Mid-Ohio Opera , with a lovely concert performance of La Boheme — a community effort → Read More
Ohio State Hosts the 2017 Franz Liszt Festival & International Competition
The 2017 Franz Liszt Festival & International Competition comes to the School of Music at Ohio State University, Oct. 13 to 15. All programs, including → Read More
'Musica Cubana' Returns for New Season
Musica Cubana, Classical 101's celebration of Cuban and Latino music, returns for a new season at 1 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 1. Five new programs will air → Read More
Director Stephen Wadsworth Discusses Opera Columbus' Production of 'The Turn of the Screw'
Opera Columbus presents Benjamin Britten's operatic horror story The Turn of the Screw in the Southern Theatre, Wednesday, Sept. 27, Friday, Sept. 29 and → Read More
Arts Writer Janelle Gelfand and Cincinnati Enquirer Part Ways
It was a disappointment to many to learn that Janelle Gelfand , longtime cultural reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, is no longer with the paper. After → Read More
Remembering Maria Callas, 40 Years After Her Death
Soprano Maria Callas—controversial, temperamental, with a voice described alternately as "dazzling" and "catastrophic"—remains an enigma whose recordings → Read More
Meeting Maria Callas in Boston
Sept. 16 is the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas. Born in 1923, Callas was 53 years old when she died. → Read More
Opera Project Columbus Performs Puccini's 'Suor Angelica'
Opera Project Columbus, conducted by Alessandro Siciliani, presents Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera Suor Angelica in the Lincoln Theatre, Friday, Sept. 8 → Read More
Flutist Nancy Hadden Returns to Columbus for Special Hometown Performance
Flutist Nancy Hadden has lived in the U.K. since the late 1970s. Born in Oxford, Ohio, Hadden grew up in the Columbus area. She comes home Sunday, Sept. 10 → Read More
Mid-Ohio Opera Performs 'La Boheme' in Mansfield Area
Not long ago, a young man from Mansfield, Ohio, came to see me. Joel Vega is a tenor, husband, father and entrepreneur. He had heard that I've been around → Read More
A Conversation with Harvey Sachs, Author of New Arturo Toscanini Biography
Harvey Sachs wrote his first biography of Arturo Toscanini in 1978. Nearly 40 years later, he's published a completely new book about the conductor, " → Read More
Pianist Orlay Alonso Makes Columbus Symphony Debut
The indefatigable Orlay Alonso, everyone's favorite Columbus-based pianist, makes his long-awaited debut with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra , 8 p.m. → Read More
Hear a Euclid Quartet Performance Featuring WOSU's Former Program Director
Mary Hoffman was program director of WOSU Radio in the days when WOSU-FM meant classical music at 89.7 on the dial . During my time here, I've inherited → Read More
My First Musical Instrument: How Christopher Purdy Almost Became a Clarinetist
Classical 101 is collecting new and gently used musical instruments to put into the hands of local kids. Learn how you can help at wosu.org/replay . I → Read More
New Oratorio 'Considering Matthew Shepard' Finds Hope in Misery
Last fall, a recording of Considering Matthew Shepard , a beautiful oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson, was released. The story of Matthew Shepard has moved → Read More