“Although there are now more people on this planet than there have ever been before, there are fewer dramatic voices. Something is wrong with that equation. I thought there needs to be some sort of helping hand so that dramatic voices don’t fall through the cracks in the system as they advance through their various stages of development.”
Category: Commentary
Anna Prohaska, one of Europe’s most promising sopranos
Anna Prohaska sings Sister Constance in Poulenc’s Dialogues des
CarmÈlites at the Royal Opera House. In the same month, she’s also in
London to sing a recital with Eric Schneider at the Wigmore Hall, and to sing
Henze with Sir Simon Rattle at the Barbican Hall.
Garsington Opera’s 25th anniversary unites its past with its future
Garsington Opera celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Annapolis Opera’s 26th Annual Vocal Competitions
Baritone Brandon Coleman’s mother, Linda, knew that 3-year old Brandon
would be a great singer when a stranger who had heard him, predicted it.
Barbiere Comes to Sin City
Professional opera returns to the Las Vegas Valley June 6th and 8th with performances of one of the best-known comic operas of all time, Gioachino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Jean-Paul Scarpitta in Montpellier
I met with the embattled artistic director of the OpÈra et Orchestre National de Montepellier not to talk about his battles. I simply wanted to know the man who had cast and staged a truly extraordinary Mozart/DaPonte trilogy.
Interview: Tenor Saimir Pirgu — From Albania to Italy to LA
Maria Nockin interviews tenor Saimir Pirgu.
Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor, dies aged 80
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, has died aged 80
On The Death of Klinghoffer
This is a revised version of my review of the Sept 5th
1991American premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer, at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. The opera was first performed at Brussels’ La
Monnaie the previous spring.