Meeting Venus Meeting Venus

Last month in the New York Times Joshua Barone surveyed recent European streams of German works by Kurt Weill and pondered their relationship to his later Broadway successes; his piece prompted Trove Thursday to feature two versions of One Touch of Venus.

Winged defeat Winged defeat

Frankly, I can’t imagine there’s a future for I Married an Angel.

Panglossed over Panglossed over

Celebrating Lenny’s 100th this year has made Candide ubiquitous at opera houses worldwide.