opera
“I kill a man…/I love a man…”: The Emile Griffith jazz opera
February 24, 2016Of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended over a lifetime, rarely have I been so emotionally stirred as I was by this one.
Read moreA new opera focuses on Frau Schindler of “List” fame
February 12, 2016In three acts, the opera features more than 20 roles, plus chorus, in scenes that alternate between the Schindler home and the factory.
Read moreToday in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945
September 4, 2015"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
Read moreTwo kids reclaim the world in new opera “Second Nature”
August 27, 2015May "Second Nature" find a second production in another community soon. It's a remarkable work.
Read moreOpera company makes history, casts black singers in “Don Carlo”
April 23, 2015When King Philip II faces off against the Grand Inquisitor in "Don Carlo," they won't just be portraying history, they'll be making it.
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