Opera Singers

The 1981 mystery of Jean-Jacques Beineix, Diva, is a transporting viewing experience, in particular because the film takes place in the Paris of the 80s. The film is an adaptation of the novel by Daniel Odier, published in 1979 under the…

The penultimate production of the 2022 Tête à Tête Opera Festival, based at the Cockpit Theater in London and showcasing new contemporary and avant-garde works by young composers, is RUNE, written and composed by Alastair White. This 50…

As one of the most acclaimed contemporary opera singers, soprano Renee Fleming has had a taste of every major role.Thirty years ago, in March, when she was making her first appearance with the famous Metropolitan Opera in New York, Fleming…

In May 2019, as the art world passed through the first day of the Venice Biennale preview, a small number of us left for a naval base in the northeast corner of the city.There, inside a damp warehouse requisitioned as an ad hoc pavilion for…

Rigoletto opens the Royal Opera season. Photo: © ROH | Ellie Kurttz The MUSIC seasons unfold like academic seasons, from fall to fall, and the new beginning always generates a little thrill of excitement. This year, however, the thrill…

Twenty-one tons of sand turns the Brooklyn Academy of Music into a day at the beach for the staging of the global warming opera Sun and Sea.Through MIKE SILVERMAN Associated PressSeptember 14, 2021, 3:25 PM• 4 minutes to readShare on…

National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, celebrates the stories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans. It began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was extended to cover 30 days…

Catherine ellerton Catherine ellerton Catherine Ellerton, 80, died on August 26, 2021 at her home in Overton, NV. She was born on August 7, 1941 in Whitehall, MT, to John Morton and Teresa Zimmerman. Catherine had a talent for music, which…

Das Blümelein Project (The Little Flower Project) presented song cycles in theatrical productions at the Winspear Opera on Thursday. The interpretations were certainly imaginative, but the results were mixed.The concert was the final…

The musical farce titled "Hoity-Toity" with a large cast of singers and actors came to the Opera House on April 27, 1905 and made a big deal out of an audience who found great pleasure in this entertainment. Licenses to sell…