Politics is everywhere these days. Make one “false” step and you’re tarred and feathered without getting even a nanosecond to…
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The LA Opera has kicked off its 2018-19 season with gusto. Verdi’s “Don Carlo” is grand opera with a capital…
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The Candide credits make it look like opera designed by a committee. But what a committee. It didn’t start that…
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Verdi’s “Nabucco” could be conceptualized as the protest opera for all seasons. It premiered in 1842, when Giuseppe Verdi was…
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