Dima Bawab and Thomas Dolié in a scene from Peter Brook’s “A Magic Flute.” Stephanie Berger Subtract the magic and the flute from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” and you’d think there’d be nothing. But an ...

AS omens go, this was a prom ising one: During the rainiest June in memory, the financially strapped New York City Opera dared to offer an outdoor performance — and an estimated 3,000 New Yorkers ...

When Shalini Sekhar graduated from New York University with a master’s degree in flute performance, becoming one of the first American-born Indian winemakers was not her plan. A New Jersey native, ...

Even the Chicago Symphony’s rangiest programs are seldom as varied as the one conductor Daniela Candillari brought to Symphony Center on Friday. The most familiar work on the program, Samuel Barber’s ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. To play, the musician holds the long tube of the flute in both hands and ...