The Pennsylvania Dutchman
Verdi’s Stiffelio goes Amish in Vienna, featuring a stellar Luciano Ganci in the title role.
Joyce El-Khoury
10 pieces since 2014 — in 5 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Richard Tucker Foundation.
10
pieces
5
roles
7
companies
13
years
Role Lina
Role Liu
From a distance
The opening night of the Canadian Opera Company’s 2019-20 season was all about the Wilsons.
Geopolitics Italian style
How Verdi’s opera might address this particular nightmare was unclear.
Role Médée
Sung and spoken tragedy
The return of Cherubini‘s Medée to the Opéra Comique may be a homecoming, but Nigel Wilkinson almost went home at intermission.
Role Mirra
Not since Nineveh
Franz Liszt attempted practically every musical genre in vogue in the nineteenth century, although it is undeniable that a handful of the genres he only sampled (like string quartet) or adapted to his own temperament in original ways (like the symphony).
Role Salomé
All about my mother
Operatic history can be cruel where multiple works with the same subject are concerned
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
