“Ain’t it a pretty night,” sings the soprano and, whenever “Susannah” is in town, the night is more than pretty….
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Bel canto means “beautiful singing” and that’s what you get in San Francisco Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “Norma.” With…
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The collision between grand opera and the iPhone is happening now; it’s just in places like Santa Fe that the…
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Earlier this year a film called “Twelve Years a Slave” walked away with the Best Picture award at both the…
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“La Traviata,” that quintessential tale of a Parisian courtesan-with-a-heart-of-gold-except-she-dies-of-consumption-at-the-end, is one of Verdi’s most beautiful and beloved operas. That’s the…
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“Thaïs.” Does the name ring a bell? If you are not an opera aficionado, the likely answer is no, unless…
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