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The Metropolitan Opera Guild has come such a long way since the days of dear Mrs. August Belmont!

on September 18, 2019 at 6:10 PM

In honor of Martin Luther King day (belated), the New York Times hosts a discussion about the current Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. As a bold gesture toward diversity and inclusion, the keynote speakers range from Anthony Tommasini to Ben Brantley.

on January 17, 2012 at 11:42 AM

Chicago’s William Mason will ankle Lyric Opera at the end of the 2011-2012 season. John von Rhein‘s list of dreary white male possible successors is as good evidence as La Cieca has seen recently of the value of thinking outside the box. [Chicago Tribune]

on July 07, 2010 at 8:18 AM

[NYT]

on April 07, 2010 at 6:56 PM