De Niese as Cleopatra
An article by Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent for Britain’s Observer, notes the new dominance of slender, sexy sopranos at Austria’s Salzburg Festival. (See it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/16/opera-slimline-divas/print) Singers like Marina Rebeka, Elina Garanca, and Danielle De…
A newly released study says that 42.6 million Americans sing in choruses - and that they are exemplary citizens.
Well, the study is by Chorus America, the choral trade group, the results come from a survey and methodology is perhaps…
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra president Fred Bronstein has another new initiative, and it’s one that will benefit everyone within earshot of KFUO-FM (99.1) by radio or by Internet: broadcasts of the SLSO, both live and archival performances.
They’ll start at 7:30…
It should come as absolutely no news to anyone who follows opera that New York City Opera is on the ropes and seeking to reopen its labor contracts. Its next season has been cut back to just five operas, down…
Even folks who don’t usually like jazz tend to open up to it when there’s a singer involved. And if the singer is the acclaimed Sara Gazarek, so much the…
