I love La Traviata. It may not be the most sophisticated opera passion, but Verdi’s score and his heroine Violeta,…
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You don’t have to be an alarmist to feel that things in 2024 are dangerously out of whack. And if…
Chances are you have not heard of these two one act operas. You are forgiven but may regret it. Recovered…
So, you think you have a pretty good idea of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s life and art? Not according…
The Barber of Seville has a well-earned position in the opera canon. Filled with delightful music – often familiar from…
The Philadelphia Orchestra kicked off their new season with a gala opening performance on Sept. 28, with Yannick Nezet- Seguin…
Call him Don Giovanni or call him Don Juan, he is a character on to whom the morality of a…
Music historian Harold Pollack’s comprehensive biographies on American composers including Aaron Copland, Elliot Carter, Marc Blitzstein. This year he has…
Where is music going, and where, for that matter, is history going ? Was the ground taken by the “Panzer…
Two ships, two dark and mysterious stories. Death. For all the German vs. French musical differences, the operas “The Flying…
“The objects of mundane everyday life are mixed with the artificiality and perfection of art. This has complexity, depth, and…
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2nd annual Pride Concert on June 3 was a triumphal event Saturday June 3 at the Kimmel…
