appears at the end of performances and is deservedly applauded, for she symbolizes the triumph of good over evil, values we all want to believe in. This gives The Passenger such potent extra-musical ...

Adam Guettel’s Tony Award-winning musical, The Light in the Piazza, is being lovingly served up in a magnificent staging at this year’s Opera Theatre of Saint Louis season. It may seem dotty to begin ...

and House-debut, Gary Lehman, who earned the standing ovation he received for that feat, sharing it with the lady, Janice Baird, who jumped in to join him in mid-scene. It was not the greatest ...

particular feeling that opera can engender in listeners.

Shortly after the premiËre of Olivo e Pascuale in Rome, on January 7, 1827, Donizetti returned to Naples to negotiate a contract with Domenico Barbaja, manager of the three most prestigious theaters ...

This was said to make music sound more ëin the room.í Later, a similar control (sometimes called ëloudnessí), showed up on several amplifier units in my long parade of audio equipment, with the same ...

The label’s name and legendary yellow logo synonymous for many music lovers ...

In today’s market, a second will not be soon arriving, but not to worry. On the debit side, although the opera’s score presents itself as the sturdy dramatic work of a talented craftsman, it lacks ...

Music composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Libretto by Nicolas-FranÁois ...

enthral her listeners and retains dedicated fans on several continents. Although Jean has been acclaimed for a significant number of other roles, ...

It was thus with some excitement that I opened a new 3-CD set from Orfeo, consisting of the first release ever of any performance of Lohengrin conducted by the conductor sometimes known among ...

While the story is a complicated Old Testament plot, Mendelssohn’s music captures the tone of the tragedy with delight, whimsy, and severity. Conductor Helmuth Rilling leads the three female soloists, ...