The U.S. opera season gets off to a fortissimo start in San Francisco this week. The opening Lohengrin will star a new Swedish tenor named Set Svanholm and the Metropolitan Opera’s Astrid Varnay. In ...
Once upon a time, the work of great musical performers died with them. It is true that, for a few years after the death of these giants, the memories of admirers served to grant these titans a ...
Giuseppe Verdi, a formidable old man in his 70s, looked sternly down on the four cellists. In rehearsal for the first performance of his new opera, Otello, the La Scala orchestra had just reached the ...