OPERA OBSESSION

Well, I've survived the conference! More than that, I have learned a great deal about medieval Scandinavia. Rather to my own astonishm...

Last week's riotous indulgences in opera have been replaced by a whirl of scholarly activity. Monday: presenting to classmates a German...

What do graduate students do with spring break? Why, take advantage of the quiet library during the day, and take advantage of its early cl...

On Saturday afternoon, I braved the weather to stand at the top of a packed house for the much-anticipated production of "The Nose....

Last Sunday, as posters around the city and banners on websites insistently reminded me, the Oscars were awarded. In theory (leaving aside ...

Grand-operatic sensibilities turned loose on a masterwork of world literature, containing the ruin and founding of civilizations... I knew...

The middle of the academic term is a time of reckoning: a time of completing some projects; a time of realizing that it really is time to st...