Czech Philharmonic showcases musical birthright
Led by Semyon Bychkov, the concert focused on Dvorak.
Led by Semyon Bychkov, the concert focused on Dvorak.
The Washington National Opera's season opened Saturday with a highly anticipated role debut. Celebrated Verdi specialist Sondra Radvanovsky, in a departure from her usual spinto repertory, t…
Verdi's chorus "Va, pensiero," from his early opera Nabucco, is a piece that lives on as much in Italian national mythology as in the opera house. Director Thaddeus Strassberger's new produc…
If Anna Caterina Antonacci had taken a more conventional path, the Italian soprano would likely be enjoying the peak of a major international career. She possesses a remarkable vocal instrum…
Eugene O'Neill, as Stephen Sondheim has written, was an experimental playwright whose theatrical ambition soared far above his literary accomplishment, which often remained earthbound. Stran…
Angela Gheorghiu almost lives up to the hype. At a time when many of opera's reigning stars are relentlessly overpraised by the public relations machine, Gheorghiu represents the genuine art…