by MICHAEL VAN DUZER can opera be relevant? This is asked by a friend " an intelligent man, whose connection to the art form is derived from vague memories of women in bejeweled dresses tossing off arcane arias on some long-forgotten variety show. I can't really blame him. Context was beyond the scope of 1970s commercial television, and most people are unaware that, throughout opera's history, performances were j…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:58PM on March 15, 2016