MILAN — American tenor Brian Jagde was just wrapping up Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in Barcelona last month when he got a last-minute offer to sing the same role …
Published November 16, 2024 Fashion’s closest creative relative is photography, and few photographers have been more loved in the world of fashion than Peter Lindbergh, the subject on an important …
NEW YORK — When David Leigh sang “The Impossible Dream” at his father’s funeral, the moment was both a testament to his past and a harbinger of his future. Leigh, …
Critically acclaimed American singer Eric Cutler should never have been an opera singer. He even brands himself, “the luckiest tenor alive!” Set to perform the lead in Fidelio this week …
Translated by Roberta HERRERA Published September 20, 2024 On Monday, September 23, the historic Place de l’Opéra in Paris will be transformed into the venue for the highly anticipated seventh …
David McVicar brings out the best in a young cast for this eleventh revival of his 2006 production of Mozart’s glorious Marriage of Figaro. As he has shown in many …
VENICE, Italy — Angelina Jolie has played an evil queen, a war correspondent, a hacker, an international spy and a sociopath and is now adding opera singer to her resume. …
SALZBURG, Austria — Offbeat operas have been some of the Salzburg Festival’s best in recent years, the latest a colorful, outlandish and entertaining staging of Sergei Prokofiev’s “The Gambler” by …
The legend of Tristan and Isolde (also known in some versions as Iseult) dates back at least to the Middle Ages. Tristan is depicted elsewhere as one of King Arthur’s …
Two Asian designers who have chosen Paris to display their fashion – Yohji Yamamoto of Japan and Sean Suen of China – made the most compelling statements on a muggy …