With Christmas just a few days away, perhaps you're seeking the perfect last-minute stocking stuffer. Or perhaps you're a few days late in your CityBeat reading and the holiday is over, but you   

The holidays are all about music, and you should find your way to a venue for a holiday concert to round out your entertainment choices this season. Singing carols is a core activity, and the May Fes  

So the rich guy goes after his employee's fiancée, only to be outwitted by some smart blue-collar folks and a vindictive spouse. Sound like a story for a film you might like to see? Well, it's n  

In case you haven't been paying attention to the world of Classical music, marketing and sex appeal have crept into this once stodgy art form. LARA ST. JOHN has done an especially good job of bl  

If you're a regular CityBeat reader, you're in the sights of many of Cincinnati's purveyors of Classical music. Since their audiences are "graying," they want to entice a younger demographic   

Don't think that, just because summer's almost here, the Classical Music scene takes a break. In fact, this is one of the best seasons of the year for some fine tunes. The CINCINNATI OPERA will be h  

If you haven't ever experienced the power of 150 voices singing in unison, you'll want to snag a couple of tickets now for the upcoming MAY FESTIVAL concerts, May 21-29. This year marks the 25th an  

One way that the Cincinnati Opera connects with broader audiences is by staging periodic Opera Rap programs on subjects that aren't exactly operatic, although one Sunday promises to be dramatic:  

My colleagues in CityBeat's news section pay attention to him, but you don't read much about former newscaster and aspiring politician Jerry Springer in these pages. However, it's worth noting that  

Operas aren't always tragic. Case in point: DIE OPERNPROBE, on view at UC's College-Conservatory of Music this weekend (in the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center), is a comic opera about rehearsing an oper  

Mozart wrote his comic opera, COSÌ FAN TUTTE ('All Women Are Like That') in 1790, but don't be thinking a production of it will of necessity be stuffy or old-fashioned. Mozart's brilliant  

The opera stars (no pun intended) have aligned early in the year to provide a bounty of choice for local fans who usually have to wait for summertime and the Cincinnati Opera to satisfy their needs  

During 2003 the CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (CSO) expand its positive image with well-reviewed concerts at New York City's Carnegie Hall in late March and additional East Coast cities in early A  

If you're planning to attend the BOAR'S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL in early January at Christ Church Cathedral, you need to make your move on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. at the downtown church (  

This weekend offers an alternative to shopping and football in the form of a "sister act," with MARI LUNDE THOMAS, the concertmistress of the KENTUCKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducting and performing as