Háry János, the title character of the 1926 opera by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, is a spinner of tall tales about his own heroism. He claims to have won the heart of Napoleon’s wife and ...

Classical music’s blessing is also its curse: you’ve simply got to pay it attention. Plus: No wonder Rossini was an Olympics hit – he invented disco ...

Louis Théodore Gouvy was a man of two cultures: France and Germany. He was born into a French family who lived in a region that fell into Prussian control shortly before his birth (1819). This ...