Marilyn Horne

For those with any interest in Vivaldi’s operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier ...

Göran Gentele (1917 – 1972) was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager. He studied at The Royal Dramatic Theatre’s acting ...

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great ...

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s ...

After the Viennese premiere, the Fledermaus (the bat) conquered the world. It is one of the few operettas that are regularly performed at the ...

In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, ...

In Concert at the Met (DVD) – Highlights Five of the Met’s greatest stars – Price, Horne, Troyanos, Domingo, and Milnes – ...