Monteverdi, the short-lived Swiss automaker, produced the High Speed grand tourer to rival Ferrari in the 1960s and 70s, ...

One of the most underrated grand tourers of the 1970s, the Swiss-made, Italian-Bodied Monteverdi High Speed used a series of American V8s to persuade wealthy enthusiasts to choose it over a Ferrari. A ...

I suppose the reason Claudio Monteverdi is my favorite composer is that I've always enjoyed the combination and the tension of words and music. I'm a little late getting on the Monteverdi birthday bus ...

Early music specialists routinely call Claudio Monteverdi a “towering” composer. Besides inventing opera as we know it, the Italian single-handedly bridged the Western music tradition’s Renaissance ...

The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, written in 1610, are a hauntingly beautiful, mesmerizing, masterpiece of ...

In 1992, McLaren kicked off production of the legendary F1, which became one of the most influential street-legal supercars of all time. However, that year marked the unveiling of another wild Formula ...

The 1969 Monteverdi High Speed is a remarkable blend of Swiss precision and classic muscle car aesthetics. This unique vehicle captures the essence of both worlds, offering a driving experience that’s ...

James Bond never drove a Monteverdi 375S, but the car would have made as fitting a sidekick as his Aston Martin. The coupe has the tasteful, dashing looks Bond would go for, as well as the guts a ...

Is it possible for one person to invent an entire form of art? It would seem like a tall order by any standard. More a scene than a single, Orfeo's "Possente spirto" — "Powerful Spirit" — is his ...

“The Comet/Poppea” radically pares down a classic and blends it with a premiere by George E. Lewis for an original show that will travel widely. By Seth Colter Walls George Walker’s Sinfonias, a new ...