Vanity Fair and Foul
On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Opera, I saw the magnificent Nina Stemme sing the title role in Strauss’ …
On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Opera, I saw the magnificent Nina Stemme sing the title role in Strauss’ …
Fans of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, and especially the opera quiz, will remember the playwright Terrence …
What is it about opera in performance that, when it succeeds, scales the heights of human emotion, art and possibility; …
Is he a rapist or a seducer? A great lover of women or a sex addict? These questions hover around …
The verb “To lord” is defined by the OED as “to play the lord, behave in a lordly manner, assume …
What is it about stories that improve with repetition? Nearly every culture has its narratives, and the retelling of a …
A number of years ago I had the good fortune of hearing Alfredo Kraus sing Werther at the San Francisco …
1. Design a set in which, for two acts, there is a pit (disguised as a lake) taking up two-thirds …