"When the Sacramento Opera pulled the plug on the remainder of its 2010-2011 season last December, it was with the awareness that its operating model was unsustainable.
(via James Oestreich at the New York Times) - The first shoe dropped quietly. When New York City Opera announced its new season last month, the name of George Manahan, the company’s music director, was conspicuously absent.
by Cynthia Vaughn The Apple iPad is a portable and practical resource for the voice studio. Here are some apps I’ve found useful (or not!) Most apps, once downloaded via wifi, don’t need internet connection in the studio.
by Christie Connolley Dvorak’s Rusalka recently premiered at the Glyndebourne Festival. How did our favorite legless/voiceless, mermaid/ soprano fare? William Hartston shares his thoughts on Express.co.uk. Check out the Operagasm review run-down!
Die Frau ohne Schatten opens at the Salzburg Festival tomorrow night in a new production by Christof Loy (photos below). It will be conducted - without any cuts - by Christian Thielemann, who says it is his favourite Strauss opera....
Tristan und Isolde - Nationaltheater Munich, 27 July 2011 A superbly-executed Festspiele performance of one of Munich's great productions. Covent Garden's older Wagner efforts are so embarrassing they're practically unrevivable.
photo: Sivan Cotel "If Webern had a cat, this is what Webern’s cat would have written." That's how one of the judges described Piece for Piano, Four Paws, a prizewinning entry in the Paris New Music Review’s One-Minute Competition in...
The Associated PressRats and Recycling: Wacky Wagner at BayreuthABC NewsWagner fans take note: if you like your opera pure, two productions at this year's Bayreuth festival are not for you. But come, if you have a love of the experimental.
New Festival Opera executive director plans more community outreachSan Jose Mercury NewsSara Nealy, appointed in April to succeed longtime Festival Opera Association Executive Director Helen Sheaff, has ambitious plans to marry opera with young...
Opera lover Lascelles was a cousin to Queen ElizabethWashington PostGeorge Lascelles, who was born into British royalty and made himself a king in the opera world, died July 11 at his home near Leeds, England, at age 88.
by Melissa Wimbish Oh, shut the front door! This interview with Victoria de los Angeles featured on Holland Radio in 1973 is SO wonderful. A really special eight minutes which includes gorgeous talking and singing.
Enrico Caruso as Pagliacci, Photo credit: Getty Images by Melissa Wimbish In this interview NPR anchor, Tom Huizenga, discusses how Enrico Caruso propelled his geekiness for opera. This is part of NPR’s 50 Great Voices series.
"Меркнет свет дневной [Konchakovna's Cavatina]" Prince Igor (Borodin)"Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal"[None but the lonely heart](Tchaikovsky)"Olga Borodina (born July 29, 1963, in Saint Petersburg) is a leading dramatic mezzo-soprano, known for her...
Phillipe Sly & Mark DiamondIf you're in the San Francisco Bay Area don't miss tonight's Schwabacher Summer Concert featuring the latest class of participants.
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