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The premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring almost a century ago provoked the most famous riot in music history. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout join us to talk about their vaudeville-laced one-act opera about that notorious evening.

A recent biography of Benny Goodman recounts how the jazz clarinetist was plagued by insecurity when he was invited to play at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Today: hear how similar feelings have shaped the careers of major artists like choreographer Jerome Robbins, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter Cat Power and actress-singer Doris Day.

A recent biography of Benny Goodman recounts how the jazz clarinetist was plagued by insecurity when he was invited to play at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Today: hear how similar feelings have shaped the careers of major artists like choreographer Jerome Robbins, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter Cat Power and actress-singer ...

When musicians know they're about to die, they seldom produce their greatest work. But there are exceptions, including the late Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, and composer Dmitri Shostakovich. We explore the phenomenon with Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout and Crystal Zevon, widow of ...

Jazz great Louis Armstrong is one of the most important American musicians of the 20th century. He knocked The Beatles from the pop charts, wrote himself the finest jazz autobiography ever and did sophisticated collages. But he was also a womanizer, a pot smoker, explosive and introspective. Wall Street Journal ...

When musicians know they're about to die, they seldom produce their greatest work. But there are exceptions, including the late Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, and composer Dmitri Shostakovich. We explore the phenomenon with Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout and Crystal Zevon, widow of ...

The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Sonnambula was booed recently by fans because of the postmodern staging by director Mary Zimmerman. Jessica Simpson was recently razzed for forgetting the lyrics to her songs. Today we ask whether booing is ever appropriate, and we find out about the origins of booing. ...

The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Sonnambula was booed recently by fans because of the postmodern staging by director Mary Zimmerman. Jessica Simpson was recently razzed for forgetting the lyrics to her songs. Today we ask whether booing is ever appropriate, and we find out about the origins of booing. ...