The classic 1960 recording of Johann Strauss’ ‘Die Fledermaus’ conducted by Herbert Von Karajan is set for a reissue early ...

Herbert von Karajan was born 100 years ago. He made more than 1,000 recordings, and is estimated to have had LP, CD, and video sales in excess of 200 million. He is perhaps best known for his 1962 ...

“I cannot attain a really deep expression of a work,” says European Conductor Herbert von Karajan, 58, “when someone stages it who does not see with my eyes, hear with my ears, and have my own heart.” ...

The tragic demise of Helisara VI, the legendary 70-foot yacht once owned by the esteemed conductor Herbert Von Karajan, serves as a poignant reminder of the passage of time and nature's relentless ...

THE newest and most formidable resident of the Metropolitan Opera is Herbert von Karajan, the celebrated Austrian maestro, who will make his American operatic debut this week with a new production of ...

Richard Wagner conceived his Ring des Nibelungen as combining voice, orchestra, acting and settings into a perfect expressive unity, a “total artwork.” That phrase could very nearly describe ...

Karajan shot to the top of the classical music scene in the 1950s, remaining supremely powerful until he died in 1989. He left a legacy of... The brilliant but controversial Austrian conductor Herbert ...

These colossal conductors are played by two of Germany's leading actresses: the American-born Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein, and Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan. A Nazi Party member from ...

Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen weren’t the only major musicians born in 1908. It’s also the centenary year for the much revered, much despised conductor Herbert von Karajan, who reigned over the ...

Playwright Peter Danish—a long-time writer and observer of the opera and classical music scene in New York and around the world—wrote LAST CALL, just finishing a limited run at Broadway’s New World ...