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Perhaps Joyce’s most immediately affecting writing about music is in “The Dead,” the last (and longest) tale in his book of ...
Europe is home to some of the most iconic opera houses in the world. These grand venues not only host world-class performances but also represent centuries of cultural and architectural heritage. Here ...
"These songs were a part of my own formative years," she says. "They inspired me when I was young, and I hope they can ignite the same passion in my students' hearts." She notes that Italian art songs ...
Following last year's 'Duets' album, Italian operatic pop tenor Andrea Bocelli returns to New Orleans to headline the Smoothie King Center backed by the LPO ...
What is there to visit just outside Cardiff? Incredible beaches, historic priories and unmissable attractions, that's what ...
The summer weather seems set fair over Waldron as the temperature rises to welcome the longest day of the year.
After L.A. officials made a curfew exception for ticket holders of indoor events, dozens of opera lovers were able to attend ...
Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses. “Rigoletto” remains an opera ...
‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...
My family has a penchant for the dramatic, and a deep love of opera. It was the soundtrack ... Amneris’ desperate plea for peace, with which Verdi brings in the final curtain, strikes me as ...
Pizzo, who is retiring as a wardrobe supervisor at the opera house after 18 years, has been a confidante and cheerleader to the stars.
NEW YORK (AP) — Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly ... of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and a new staging of Verdi’s “Aida,” both at 82%, followed by the company ...