VERBIER, Switzerland — Rufus Wainwright’s eyes filled with tears. He stood quietly, one hand marking time, as the rich voice of the baritone Thomas Hampson filled a rehearsal room looking out onto ...

The Sundance Film Festival’s 2021 virtual Main Street will play host to a series of conversations about music and the movies, hosted by first-time festival partner Film Music House, with Mary J. Blige ...

The Smoke that Thunders' will be heard at the First Section National Final in York in September, has revealed more about the ...

Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, today released details of the company's new opera commission, Hadrian, composed by internationally acclaimed Canadian-American singer, ...

Rufus Wainwright’s music is hard to categorize. It’s not really pop music because too often it lacks the kind of simple catchy hooks that make for great radio fodder. He composed an opera and has set ...

You will recall that singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright was invited by the Metropolitan Opera, no less, to compose a work for the company, but the project hit a snag. The Met announced that Wainwright ...

Composer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has reflected on the early closure of new musical Opening Night, which continues for another 11 days in the West End. Led by Sheridan Smith, the show is penned ...

Rufus Wainwright performed in concert halls around the country in October with his full band. From the a capella candlelit opening, to the “bacchanalian pantomime” encore, the shows traversed Rufus ...