Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. She is an icon of purity. She is a slut. She is a pitiable creature. She deserves to die. She is a saint. The men in ...

The fact that Ernst Křenek’s opera Jonny spielt auf was banned for representing ‘Weimar decadence’ by the Nazis, has overshadowed the fact that it was tremendously popular when it premiered in 1927.

The exterior and interior of the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where the Pacific Symphony performed on Tuesday night. Despite its name, the venue is now a concert hall. Outside it is old, inside new. The ...

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Frankfurt, Germany, May 5, 1993: Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis plays at the Alte Oper, one of the first stops of his 1993 European tour. The trumpeter, componist and Grammy winner played for nearly ...