After a Quarter-Century, the Queen of Salzburg Calls It Quits

Since 1995, Helga Rabl-Stadler has ruled the Salzburg Festival, classical music’s premier annual event, as its president and public face.

A Soprano With a Bottomless Appetite for Risk

The daring opera star Asmik Grigorian “could sing the phone book and it would be fabulous,” one director says.