Why are audiences turned off by modern classical music? Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise, has written an engaging article in the Guardian exploring some contributing factors to the public’s general...
The People's Diva has slowly been taking on fewer and fewer operatic engagements in fewer houses around the world. Is her voice still gorgeous? Yes. Is her vocal style idiosyncratic? Pretty sure. Is she an indie...
How many times have you watched an opera and wanted desperately to tell the director what you really thought about the production? Or perhaps you had a question about how the soprano managed to pull...
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. you can listen to The Metropolitan Opera's opening night production of Verdi's opera Don Carlo, sung in Italian.
“I think Don Carlo is the quintessential Verdi opera…Not one of these characters is prepared...
The Simpsons fans, have no fear. Your favourite cartoon family has been renewed for its 23rd season. That means that by the end of next season The Simpsons will have produced 515 episodes.
As always, many...
Shirley Verrett, the veteran opera singer "who overcame racial prejudice to bring fearless power, scrupulous musicianship and keen dramatic instincts to opera stages throughout the world, has died" at the age of 79. Opera Chic
Shirley Verrett,...
Hi everyone, you will have noticed that I have been MIA for a few months now. I needed a break to focus on school and really think about what I want to say with this...
Fashion's "Bad Boy" Alexander McQueen was found dead in his apartment yesterday, the apparent result of suicide. McQueen was once chief designer at Givenchy, and was to present McQ by Alexander McQueen this evening at New...
The Royal Opera House has become the first performing arts organisation in Europe to launch its own iTunes U site. Nearly 300 items of free multimedia content from the Royal Opera House are now available via...
Patrice Chéreau, groundbreaking opera and film director, died of cancer on October 7, 2013. He was 68 years old.
Chéreau is the French theatre director...
