Por: The Daily Beast Life November 24, 2022
The most striking and effective thing in the and Philadelphia Orchestra’s operatic adaptation of , conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is its taking full narrative advantage of having its three lead female characters on stage. That physical proximity, and Phelim McDermott’s intelligent reading of ’s best-selling novel (the score is by Kevin Puts and libretto by Greg Pierce), brings to intimate and evocative life the correspondences and... + full article
WPLG Local 10 USA Entertainment December 07, 2022
MILAN – Italy’s most famous opera house, Teatro alla Scala, opens its new season Wednesday with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov,” a selection that sparked Ukrainian protests of the cultural event serving as a propaganda win for the Kremlin against the backdrop of .... + más
La Scala says Russian opera is not propaganda for Putin | Associated Press
La Scala says Russian opera is not propaganda for Putin | ABC News
ABC News USA Entertainment December 07, 2022
MILAN -- Italy’s most famous opera house, Teatro alla Scala, opens its new season Wednesday with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov,” a selection that sparked Ukrainian protests of the cultural event serving as a propaganda win for the Kremlin against the backdrop of... + más
Italy's La Scala opens season to Ukrainian protests | WPLG Local 10
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment November 24, 2022
“Tosca” is back at Los Angeles Opera. The well-traveled production by British director John Caird, first seen here in 2013, has been revived. The cast, headed by popular Los Angeles native Angel Blue, as well as the conductor and production team are nearly all familiar.... + más
How Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels turned an enslaved man's narrative into an opera | Los Angeles Times
With its first ‘Don Carlos’ production, Lyric Opera soars to heights seldom seen | Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun Times USA Entertainment November 15, 2022
After Lyric Opera of Chicago’s opening last week of its first-ever production of the 1886 five-act version of “Don Carlos,” with its intense dose of forced marriage, armed rebellion and religious oppression, the company unveiled a perfect, light-hearted contrast Sunday... + más
`Otello,' Rossini's not Verdi's, staged in Philadelphia | Associated Press
Chicago Sun Times USA Entertainment November 10, 2022
Opera is a fusion of music and theater, and when that alchemical combination happens in an ideal way, as it did Wednesday night at the Lyric Opera House, the results are utterly gripping and thoroughly rewarding. Lyric Opera of Chicago debuted its first-ever production of... + más
Rossini’s comic ‘Le Comte Ory’ a triumph at Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago Sun Times
Forbes USA Life October 27, 2022
Jacob & Co. Opera Godfather 50th Anniversary watch. Jacob & Co. When the movie, The Godfather, made its debut in 1972, it was met with critical acclaim. The famous film, which holds high ranks in “best movies ever” listings, had a largely B-grade cast and most thought the... + más
A new brand of boxed wine connects Sicily to the North Shore | The Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment October 21, 2022
Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar from Senegal, wrote an autobiography in 1831 about how he was captured and sold into slavery for decades in the Carolinas. His memoir, written in Arabic, brims with quotations from the Quran; his “Christian” owners stood over his shoulder as... + más
With new headstone, Marblehead won’t let enslaved woman be forgotten | The Boston Globe
Carlos Simon readies his ‘Requiem for the Enslaved’ for live premiere | The Boston Globe
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