Scottish-American soprano Mary Garden (1874-1967) portrayed Goethe's character Gretchen, known as Marguerite in Charles Gounod's opera Faust. Two hundred years ago today, a 17-year-old kid from Vienna ...

We hear music from a CD that won the 2004 Grammy for Best Vocal Performance in the Classical Field. Anne Sofie von Otter sings "Gretchen am Spinnrade," by Schubert. Claudio Abbado conducts the Chamber ...