Miracle on 64th Street
Only connect! So sayeth E.M. Forster (via Margaret Wilcox) in Howard’s End.
6 pieces since 2015 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
Only connect! So sayeth E.M. Forster (via Margaret Wilcox) in Howard’s End.
The July-August timeframe in the San Francisco Bay Area is always exciting time in terms of opera.
While Farinelli and the King isn’t the only Broadway play to have explored castration (Sweet Bird of Youth, anyone?) it’s likely the first to concern a legendary 18th century opera star.
Since its founding 20 years ago, Washington, DC-based Opera Lafayette has devoted its considerable imagination and energy to reviving lesser-known 17th and 18th century French operas.
That Trump opera at the Staatsoper Hamburg is lazy activism at its finest, we fear.
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