(Note: video illustrations offer renditions of classic “Tosca” arias by other artists.) In 1900, the year of Tosca’s premiere, Michele…
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No spoiler alerts necessary here. Even if you did not study Shakespeare’s Othello in high school, certainly you have picked…
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In 1902, when Pelléas & Mélisande debuted, impressionistic painting had already come to a head. The impressionists had produced hazy…
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“You will be dreamt by a jackal.”             Years ago, when I first encountered the passionate black and white, mural-sized charcoal…
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Mozart may be the master of opera buffa. The current cast in LA Opera’s production of The Marriage of Figaro…
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Opera stories are often based upon mythological fables making it very hard to relate. Not so “Tosca.” “Tosca” is replete…
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