Oct 7th, 2007 · Einstein and Gandhi have been operatic subjects for Philip Glass. His list of great leaders expands with a brand-new opera Appomattox, a Civil War story featuring lead roles for Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
Sep 22nd, 2007 · She smokes and drinks, runs with a band of smugglers and brings men to their knees just by crooning a breathy Habanera. She's Carmen, the supreme diva of operatic femmes fatales and the controversial heroine of Bizet's popular opera.
Sep 11th, 2007 · Browse the operatic canon, and you'll find the black experience in America doesn't exactly stand out. The typical opera audience isn't bursting with color either. The New York City Opera is trying to change that.
Jul 19th, 2007 · American tenor Jerry Hadley died Wednesday after eight days in a coma. The protege of soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge, was a leading American tenor for almost 20 years. He had a voice that could be rich and dramatic or light and lively.
Jul 6th, 2007 · She was a home-grown phenomenon, an operatic soprano trained entirely in the U.S. in an era when most singers developed their craft in Europe, and she made a notable second career after her retirement as a formidable arts administrator and advocate. Fresh Air spoke with her in 1985.
Jun 22nd, 2007 · The real-life story of Margaret Garner is a chilling chapter in American history. As a fugitive slave, Garner is willing to kill before allowing her family to return to the plantation. Novelist Toni Morrison teams up with composer Richard Danielpour to bring Garner's powerful story to the operatic stage.
Jun 8th, 2007 · Rufus Wainwright's new album, Release the Stars follows on the heels of his recreation of Judy Garland's 1961 comeback concert, a flamboyant stage performance that played at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. Rebecca Roberts talks with Release the Stars, at times huge and operatic, was executive-produced by former Pet Shop Boys member Neil Tennant.
Aug 6th, 2006 · For three decades, Harold Ronk sang "Welcome to the Circus" in his operatic baritone for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show. He died this week at age 85. Former clown Murray Horwitz recalls his colleague and friend.