Rising Stars at Lyric Opera of Chicago

In its annual concert devoted to performances by current members of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago showcased a roster of talented singers who will doubtless add greatly to operatic and concert stages of the immediate future.

Is cinema the future of opera?

 

Thomas Hampson sings Strauss’ “Befreit” op. 394

 

Naxos App: Wagner’s Ring Cycle

 

Harrison Birtwistle Documentary: Notes from the bottom of a garden

 

The Queen Takes a Bow: Eve Queler Brought Devia to ‘Devereux’—and Wowed Audiences

 

Don Giovanni, Glyndebourne

Having become so jaded with indifferent — or, sadly, far worse than merely indifferent — stagings of an opera I love more than words can tell, it proved a relief and indeed a joy for me to attend this first revival of Jonathan Kent’s 2010 Glyndebourne production, especially its first act.

Lucky Number

 

How to Sing Bel Canto: Sutherland, Pavarotti and Horne (1981)

 

HGO: The Passenger