William Boyd: Chekhov was a prolific lover, a commitment-phobe " and the perfect muse for my first opera
The novelist has written the libretto with composer Colin Matthews " an opera within an opera in which life begins to imitate art
Today is Saturday, October 10, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Dan Stevens Mýa Harrison Jeffrey Kuhn Rebecca Pidgeon Julia Sweeney Jodi Benson Victoria Clark Bradley Whitford Tanya Tucker Tommy Aguilar Ken Jennings Gary Beach Ben Vereen Daniel Massey Harold Pinter George Brenlin Victoria Zussin Dana Elcar James Clavell Johnny Downs Janis Carter George Mathews Zeke Manners Florida Friebus John W. Green Margaret Barker Sam Theard Vernon Duke Helen Hayes Gregory Gaye Harold Vermilyea Moyna MacGill Mrs. Charles G. Craig Martha Morton Herbert Kelcey Giuseppe Verdi Oliver Goldsmith Mario Lopez David Lee Roth