Olivia Fuchs’ delirious spin on the baroque opera comes with TV trickery, more hearts than a cardiologist convention and absolutely gorgeous singing ...
This week, Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, co-founders of Toronto's Opera Atelier, will be at Penn State University, leading master classes on Baroque operatic technique. A few weeks ...
Opera is, perhaps, inherently progressive, although historically the art form has had a reputation for its sky-highbrow sensibilities. La bohème examines poverty; Carmen follows a complex feminist ...
The Yale Baroque Opera Project (YBOP) will present a fully staged production of the 17th-century Italian opera “La finta pazza” (“the make-believe madwoman”) by Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650) in two ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As they have for decades, 19th-century warhorses like “La Bohème” and “Carmen” still dominate opera- house marquees. But just as today’s diners are ...
Opera is a vocally-driven performing art. But this past Tuesday, Ellen Hargis—a “Baroque-music diva” according to The New Yorker—proved that sleight of hand can improve even the most skilled voices.