OPERA OBSESSION

Now that it's almost Advent, I can listen to Christmas music with a clear conscience.  And this year, I decided to start things off with...

Auto da fe: (c) Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera With some trepidation and a lot of excitement, I headed downtown to catch the Monday nigh...

In the wise words of the Beloved Flatmate, "Gender in opera is never NOT problematic."  In addition to  recording  and libretto p...

I had a batch of papers to grade this past week.  Experience taught that my emotional equilibrium might be benefited by some pleasant potent...

My discovery of Nicholas Phan was a little backwards: I linked from mezzo Jennifer Rivera's blog to his, and only then to his website ,...

While waiting for Nick Phan's recital to begin last night (post on that soon!), an Old Opera Lady who was the only other person half an ...

I was invited to hear Gerald Finley  with the New York Phil under Alan Gilbert perform Mendelssohn's Elijah on Wednesday, and enjoyed a ...