On July 16, 2016, conductor Will Crutchfield will take up his baton to conduct the American premiere of Gioachino Antonio Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira at Caramoor. With a wave of his hand, he will ...
In the opera's final scene, Cinderella (mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich) is left to decide the fate of her abusive family. She forgives them, then sings the spectacular aria 'Non piu mesta' — 'No longer ...
If you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as Lord Byron did when he went to a performance in Venice in 1818 – you ...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...
We proudly present a live presentation from this year's Wexford Festival Opera - L'equivoco stravagante by Gioachino Rossini, ...
Opera has a unique place in American culture. The average person can probably name only a handful of opera titles, but anyone with access to films, television, radio, or the internet can’t help but ...