For the past ten years, On Site Opera (OSO) has been producing immersive, site-specific operas in various non-traditional venues throughout New York City, bringing audiences right into the center of the music and the story.…
The power of a single human voice to uplift and heal is astonishing. Multiply that power by 120, channel it and transmit it through melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics, phrasing, and dynamics and you find yourself…
For baritone David Bizic, the dream of singing at the Metropolitan Opera has not only come true but also blossomed into a soon-to-be-celebrated impressive milestone. In May, during the current run of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly…
Anthony Minghella’s exquisite production of Madama Butterfly is back at the Metropolitan Opera. Most know Minghella as the award-winning director of poignant and thrilling films like The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Cold…
Maestro and flute virtuoso Carlo Ipata is dedicated to early-music research and performance. As director and soloist of the ensemble Auser Musici, he has been performing and educating audiences for over two decades. Recently, Maestro…
The much-anticipated opening of Verdi’s Don Carlos began with a solemn and heartbreaking sense of relevance as Metropolitan Opera General Manager, Peter Gelb, addressed the audience from the stage before the performance. He said: “The…
“Au revoir dans un monde où la vie est meilleure.” (To see each other again in a world where life is better.) This phrase could just as well refer to our world, in which a…
One year is not a lifetime, and yet one year can seem like a lifetime in its power of shaping and molding a young mind. Moments carve their marks into the psyche until the self…
