Alma Deutscher’s quest for beautiful music permeates the score of her Cinderella from the hushed opening of the Overture.
No, we don’t really need another “Orpheus” opera. Or, rather, we don’t need this one.
As Brünnhilde invokes the gods of an empty Valhalla for one last time and strides confidently into a wall of flame, we pause for a moment, unsure of what will follow.
Siegfried is, in a sense, The Ring’s odd one out.
Sometimes when you find the club that will have you as a member, you do not easily give up your spot.
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and a slew of their members of court are hanging out in the afterlife…
Renée Fleming is one of the most polarizing figures to be discussed here on an ongoing basis.
My first experience with John Corigliano’s music was in high school with the ear and mind blowing score he wrote for Ken Russell’s film Altered States.
I’ve had this DVD sitting in my apartment for literally months – mea culpa, La – and I finally got around to watching Mark Adamo’s opera Little Women last weekend. Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, the piece received almost unanimous critical and popular acclaim when it premiered in 1998. This DVD was recorded for…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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