The French composer Charles François Gounod (1818-1893) is best known for his operas. His music tends to be more lyric than dramatic, his melodic writing at its best revealing a considerable warmth of feeling. Charles Gounod was born on June 17,...

The Metropolitan Opera has had a long relationship with Gounod's once popular opera Faust, beginning with its first night in 1883 and coming up so often thereafter that the house was dubbed the Faustspielhaus. The Met has had far less success with Faust...

Emmanuel Chabrier. Melodies en 2 volumes. Edition par Roger Delage. (Le pupitre, 75-76.) (Musica gallica.) Paris: Heugel (T. Presser), c1995-97. [Vol. 1. Pref. in Fr., Eng., Ger., p. vii-xxviii; 1 plate; score, p. 2-97. HE 33708. $32.25. Vol. 2. Pref. in Fr., Eng.,...

Anna Netrebko says it is a high note of another kind: She is pregnant and she's getting married. The 36-year-old star soprano and her fiance, Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, are expecting a child this autumn, Netrebko's management company said Monday."We are both very, very happy...

Today is Monday, March 19, the 78th day of 2007. There are 287 days left in the year. This is the date the swallows traditionally return to the San Juan Capistrano Mission in California.Today's Highlight in History:On March 19, 1945, during World War II, 724...