Ahead of his first season as the Music & Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic, how much longer can — and should — Gustavo Dudamel stay quiet about the situation in his native Venezuela?
Parterre Box answers the question, "how can a singer do both Tristan and Nemorino within a few month of each other?" with a clip of a recent role debut from Michael Spyres.
John Danaher on the world-premiere recording of Clémence de Grandval's wild and worthy Mazeppa, the latest release from the operatic archaeologists at Palazzetto Bru Zane.
In its first production since departing the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Opera presents a new adaptation of "King of Ragtime" Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha.
Tancredi Pasero is so noble in mien and rich-voiced here, a perfect complement to Caniglia's earthy Leonora who honestly charts the movement from despair to fervent, transcendent faith in this duet.