Margaret Juntwait (1957-2015)
WQXR reports that host of the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday Afternoon Radio Broadcasts …
Lauri-Volpi’s debut as Manrico
The troubadour is the most aristocratic, lyrical and romantic figure of the Middle Ages. It captivated the young Lauri-Volpi in his salad days at La Sapienza university, while reading modern literature and the influence the troubadours’ western art had on romantic opera of 1800.
Tenor Paul Asciak passed away
Celebrated Maltese tenor Paul Asciak passed away last night. His famous student, Joseph Calleja, wrote on Facebook
Opera & Poison
Veleno (poison) in opera is a sure mechanism to vary …
Heroic tenors in Verdi
Verdi is personified melodrama and heroic tenors in Verdi’s operas are vehicles driven by the genius of Busseto to portray human life, better still human drama. The plots border on exaggeration and absurdity, at times. The acts are as brief as necessary to maximize…
